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They rely more on their sense of hearing than

is typically the case with land-dwelling mam-
mals. Light is essential for sight, whereas hear-
ing requires no such assistance. Many whales
and dolphins hunt at a depth where it is com-
pletely dark, by means of a sonar mechanism

they possess. Toothed whales, in particular,
"see" by means of sound waves. Just as hap-
pens with light waves in the visual system,
sound waves are focused and then analyzed
and interpreted in the brain. This gives the
cetacean accurate information regarding the

shape, size, speed and position of the object in
front of it. This sonic system is extremely sensi-
tive—for instance, a dolphin can sense a per-
son jumping into the sea. Sound waves are

also used for determining direction and for
communication. For example, two whales
hundreds of kilometers apart can communi-
cate via sound.
The question of how these animals pro-
duce the sounds that enable them to determine

direction or to communicate is still largely un-
resolved. As far as we know, one particular
feature in the dolphin's body deserves particu-
lar attention: namely, the animal's skull is insu-
lated against sound, a feature that protects the brain from continuous and intensive noise bombardment.

Let us now consider the question: Is it possible that all these astonishing features in marine mammals came
into existence by means of natural selection and mutation? What mutation could result in the dolphin's body's
coming to possess a sonar system and a brain insulated from sound? What kind of mutation could enable its eye
to see in dark water? What mutation could lead to the mechanism that allows the most economic use of water?
There is no end to such questions, and evolution has no answer to any of them. Instead, the theory of evo-
lution makes do with an unbelievable story. Consider all the coincidences that this story involves in the case of

marine mammals. First of all, fish just happened to come into existence in the water. Next, they made the tran-
sition to land by pure chance. Following this, they evolved on the land into reptiles and mammals, also by
chance alone. Finally, it just so happened that some of these creatures returned to the water where by chance
they acquired all the features they would need to survive there.
Can the theory of evolution prove even a single one of these stages? Certainly not. Far from being able to

prove the claim as a whole, the theory of evolution is unable to demonstrate how even one of these different
steps could have happened.

Conclusion

All the findings we have examined so far reveal that species appeared on earth suddenly and fully formed,
with no evolutionary process prior to them. If this is so, then this is concrete evidence that living things are cre-
ated, as evolutionary biologist Douglas Futuyma has acknowledged. Recall that he wrote: "If they did appear
in a fully developed state, they must indeed have been created by some omnipotent intelligence." 144
Evolutionists, on the other hand, try to interpret the sequence by which living things appeared on earth as evi-

dence for evolution. However, since no such evolutionary process ever took place, this sequence can only be
the sequence of creation. Fossils reveal that living things appeared on earth first in the sea, and then on land,
followed by the appearance of man.

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