Page 195 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

ground finch. They recorded the measurements of the

beaks, wings and bodies of the birds they caught with the
help of nets, and after attaching a special band to each one
they set them free again. By 1977 they had marked the ma-
jority of the birds on the island, and almost all of them by
1980.
In this way they regularly monitored some 20,000 finch-
es from generation to generation. The absence of human

beings and predators on this island made the finches so
tame as to be effectively domesticated. This made their
work very much easier. In addition, Professor Grant and his
wife regularly measured the amount of rain falling on the is-
land.
Most research regarding Galapagos finches was carried
out in the birds' natural habitat. Peter and Rosemary Grant
and their assistants observed the birds under various cli-
matic conditions and sought to identify the effects that al-

leged evolution had on them. Note that all the researchers
involved in these studies believed that all living things are
the result of evolution and had set to confirm, through their
observations, this belief to which they were so devoted.
As for the climatic conditions on the Galapagos, there is
usually a hot and rainy season between January and May,
with the other months being cooler and drier. In addition,

there may be wide variations between the initial and total

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