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Harun Yahya

The architects of
Neo-Darwinism:
Ernst Mayr,
Theodosius
Dobzhansky, and
Julian Huxley.

Yet there was a serious problem: It was true that mutations changed the genetic data of living organisms,
yet this change always occurred to the detriment of the living thing concerned. All observed mutations
ended up with disfigured, weak, or diseased individuals and, sometimes, led to the death of the organism.
Hence, in an attempt to find examples of "beneficial mutations" which improve the genetic data in living or-

ganisms, neo-Darwinists conducted many experiments and observations. For decades, they conducted mu-
tation experiments on fruit flies and various other species. However, in none of these experiments could a
mutation which improved the genetic data in a living being be seen.
Today the issue of mutation is still a great impasse for Darwinism. Despite the fact that the theory of nat-
ural selection considers mutations to be the unique source of "beneficial changes," no mutations of any kind
have been observed that are actually beneficial (that is, that improve the genetic information). In the follow-

ing chapter, we will consider this issue in detail.
Another impasse for neo-Darwinists came from the fossil record. Even in Darwin's time, fossils were al-
ready posing an important obstacle to the theory. While Darwin himself accepted the lack of fossils of "inter-
mediate species," he also predicted that further research would provide evidence of these lost transitional

forms. However, despite all the paleontologists' efforts, the fossil record continued to remain a serious ob-
stacle to the theory. One by one, concepts such as "vestigial organs," "embryological recapitulation" and "ho-
mology" lost all significance in the light of new scientific findings. All these issues are dealt with more fully
in the remaining chapters of this book.

A Theory in Crisis

We have just reviewed in summary form the impasse Darwinism found itself in from the day it was first
proposed. We will now start to analyze the enormous dimensions of this deadlock. In this book, our inten-
tion is to show that the theory of evolution is not indisputable scientific truth, as many people assume or try

to impose on others. On the contrary, there are glaring contradictions when the theory of evolution is com-
pared to scientific findings in such diverse fields as population genetics, comparative anatomy, paleontol-
ogy, molecular biology, and biochemistry. In a word, evolution is a theory in "crisis."
That is a description by Prof. Michael Denton, an Australian biochemist and a renowned critic of
Darwinism. In his book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), Denton examined the theory in the light of dif-

ferent branches of science, and concluded that the theory of natural selection is very far from providing an
explanation for life on earth. Denton's intention in offering his criticism was not to show the correctness of
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another view, but only to compare Darwinism with the scientific facts. During the last two decades, many
other scientists have published significant works questioning the validity of Darwin's theory of evolution.
In this book, we will examine this crisis. No matter how much concrete evidence is provided, some read-
ers may be unwilling to abandon their positions, and will continue to adhere to the theory of evolution.

However, reading this book will still be of use to them, since it will help them to see the real situation of the
theory they believe in, in the light of scientific findings.

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