Is Darwinian evolution truth or fiction?
The theory of evolution proposes that life arose from non-living matter and subsequently developed (evolved) on its own from the simple to the more complex. Specific evolution theories provide mechanisms and procedures whereby the above takes place. The leading current theory began with Charles Darwin, and after modification in the 1940’s to account for newly discovered facts, came to be known as Neo-Darwinian evolution (NDE). The NDE theory calls for a number of mechanisms or procedures. Here are the most important to this theory. • Organisms maintain basic genetic stability. Otherwise children would not resemble parents, and a fly might produce a wasp for offspring. Nevertheless, purely random replication errors introduce infinitesimally tiny genetic changes from generation to generation. • These changes are purely random. There is no preference for changes that are useful as opposed to changes that are not useful, or even harmful. Harmful changes do not survive as these tend to kill
