ICONS OF EVOLUTION

ICONS OF EVOLUTION

 “If you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).”  Richard Dawkins, Oxford University

Icons of Evolution are textbook examples of extortion.

Teachers and textbooks are not teaching enough of Evolution Theory.  Evolution is taught uncritically.  Don’t question it because if you question it that’s a religious belief.  Roger De Hart, Biology Teacher –Evolution in Burlington Washington

Evolution is not science – Ken Miller

Science vs. Science – Stephen Meyer

Skeptical of Darwinian Evolution – Scotch Minnich

Many textbooks have false drawings of the embryos.  They look the same.  They came from a common ancestor.  Haeckel’s Embryos- They’re in textbooks and they are false.  He fudged his drawings.  His drawings are not to be relied upon.  In early stages the embryos look different.  The middle stage look the same.  Haeckel used the middle stage for his drawings claiming they were the early stages. Jonathan Wells

Icons of Evolution go far beyond the fact of Darwin’s Theory.  They distort the truth.

Second Icons of Evolution are the Finches.  They are similar except for their beak.

“The best and most detailed demonstration to date of the power of Darwin’s Process.”

When the food quality changed Natural Selection drives change for the birds.  Severe draught caused many to die except for the ones who had long beaks.  When the rain came back the beaks were the same.  Darwin’s Theory is false.  They change according to season and their beaks are temporary.

Micro Evolution – small changes

Macro Evolution – changes to a different organism

Macro Evolution – The Four Wing Fruit Fly

It has four wings not two like regular flies.  This is a poor example of Darwinian Theory.  It’s not a step forward.  They are dead ends for evolution.

Neo-Darwinian Evolution (?)

The third Icon of Evolution is Anti-biotic Bacteria.

Fitness cost – How well do the organism survive without the drug?  The resisted bacteria lost to the parent and died out.  It has a defect.  The cell is crippled.  We are moving backward not forward.

The fourth Icon of Evolution is The Tree of Life – Charles Darwin

All things come from one life form.

Homology supports the tree of life - Similar in structure.

The pattern of the bone doesn’t show you what happen-Darwin says it inheritance.

Different genes and different developmental pathways- the gut developed in different parts of the body.

Fossil Records – The gradual development of life

The Cambrian Explosion – The sudden appearance of all the major animals-From nothing to everything over night.  The explosion is real because the fossils are real.  It, Phyla-Similar bodies, does not agree with Darwin’s Tree

Darwin knew about the Cambrian Explosion and knew there was a problem there.  Most textbook doesn’t even say much about this explosion.

Jy Chen – Nanjin Institute of Paleontology & Geology – Fossil Bed

“Darwinism is maybe only telling a part of the story for evolution.”  Chen’s finding turns Darwin’s tree upside down.

PRE-CAMBRIAN AGE: There should be an abundance but those were probably too small and they had soft bodies.

Artifact Hypothesis – did not sample the fossils correctly

Hox Genes Mutation – speed up the mutation

Teachers should be able to present more than one side of evolution.

Teaching controversy is striving for fairness.

The students are not to be treated well because they are not allowed to get different views.

Students should be taught the controversy of evolution.

“A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.”  Charles Darwin