<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Deoxyribonucleic Acid. We all have it. Each person’s is unique. You have or will learn about it in high school Biology, and you probably know it by its abbreviation, DNA. The question of the hour: did Mr. Darwin understand DNA? The foundation of his “theory” of evolution is built on the so-called principle that organisms are able to change from one sort of organism to another given enough time. Mr. Darwin is correct to a point. Species do adapt, but they stay within their specific kinds. For example, a kind of dog, say, a Labrador retriever, can become a yellow lab and a black lab and a chocolate lab over generations. This is the principle of “microevolution.” However, a Labrador retriever cannot evolve into a Persian cat or a black bear or a vampire bat or a giant squid. That idea that it could is called “macroevolution” and it is quite impossible. Why do I say that? It is a matter of DNA and genes and mutations. Mr. Darwin thought that through mutations, a species could evolve. One thing he forgot to think through was the fact that mutations <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">take away </strong>information. They do not add information! Thus, a single-celled organism cannot become a double-celled organism or a multi-celled organism and develop lungs, fins, or a brain. Mutations do not turn monkeys into intelligent humanoids. My uncle is not a monkey. My great-great-granddaddy is not a worm. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">source: Answers In Genesis; <em>Apologia</em> Biology, 2nd edition. </font></p>
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