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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

represent one of the most impressive examples of evolution

through natural selection, is a clear deception—but only
one of hundreds of similar examples of evolutionists resort-
ing to unscientific methods.

The Speciation Error

It has long been known that it is difficult to distinguish
between Galapagos finches because of their similarity.
Ornithologists have often written that doing so requires con-
siderable expertise. 243 Therefore, the classification of these
finches into 14 separate species is the subject of controver-
sy among ornithologists.

To recapitulate, a species is defined as a population con-
sisting of individuals with similar structural and functional
characteristics, able to mate only with one another in nature,
and which are unable to mate successfully with other indi-
viduals outside their own population. According to this def-
inition, it is incorrect to divide Darwin's finches into 14 dis-
tinct species, because a significant proportion of them have
been observed to interbreed. Indeed, Professor Grant ad-
mitted that six separate species could be recognized instead

of 14, and in later studies he admitted that this figure could
be lowered still further. 244

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