Page 191 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

The Emergence of the "Darwin's Finches" Myth

In fact, it's rather surprising that finches living on the
Galapagos Islands should have been given Darwin's name,
because he was not the first one to discover them. Actually,

they had been known for a long time before. Captain James
Colnett, for example, had referred to them back in 1798. 220
Furthermore, contrary to what most people imagine, while
Darwin was on the Galapagos Islands, his observation of
the finches was rather superficial. His travel notes contain
only one reference to the finches, and that he never men-
tions them at all in The Origins of Species. 221
In fact, Darwin attached importance to the finches only
long after his voyage. While he was actually on the Islands,

he did not find them worthy of much interest, collecting
specimens of only nine of the 13 species. And he described
only six of these as finches, describing the others as other
species of bird. In short, he was unable to fully distinguish
the finch species, and also failed to establish a connection
between beak shape and feeding habits. He did not even
note which bird species was particular to which island. As

stated by Michaela Hau and Martin Wikelski of University of
Illinois "Due to this oversight during his visit of the
Galapagos archipelago, Darwin did not recognize the po-

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