Scientific Discoveries That Suggest Evolution Is False
Darwin’s theory of evolution can explain certain changes within species, but it can’t explain where those species came from in the first place, and it can’t prove these species changed into other species. The relatively recent discovery of DNA being a type of highly complex “code” containing genetic information shows that the sudden emergence of new animals would also have to result in the sudden emergence of new genetic information, which is highly improbable. Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion in the scientific community about the problems of Darwinism.
For example, Darwin’s theory does a good job with the finch birds, explaining how variations in weather patterns result in changes in the shape and structure of the finch beaks. However, that mechanism does not do a good job of explaining the origins of birds or other major animal groups in the first place. So basically, innovation, no but modification, yes.
Darwin And Cambrian Explosion
Darwin doubted his theory’s ability to explain the Cambrian explosion, a significant event in the history of life. The Cambrian explosion saw a sudden emergence of diverse animal forms in a relatively short geological period.
Gradually Unfolding
The sudden appearance of animals early in the fossil record did not fit well with Darwin’s idea of slow evolutionary change. Darwin had described the history of life as a gradually unfolding branching tree.
Fossil Record
Darwin envisioned that complex animals like trilobites would have evolved from simpler precursors and intermediate forms over long periods of geological time. However, he was aware that the Precambrian fossil record did not show this gradual progression.
DNA Structure
In 1953, Watson and Crick made a groundbreaking discovery about DNA’s structure. They found that it stores genetic information using a four-character digital code.
Information Transmission
Nucleotide bases, arranged in precise sequences, store and transmit the information needed to build essential proteins for cell survival. These chemical strings act as assembly instructions for the cell’s crucial protein molecules.
Language
Sequences of chemical bases along a DNA molecule carry precise information, similar to how English letters form specific messages based on their arrangement. The order of these bases determines the genetic instructions.
Computer Code
Even Richard Dawkins has said, “the machine code of the genes is uncannily computer-like.” Bill Gates said, “DNA is like a computer program, but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.”
Cambrian Period
The Cambrian period is known for a burst of new animals with different body plans. Creating these new body plans requires the development of new organs, tissues, and cell types. For instance, new cell types need specialized proteins, such as the digestive enzymes needed by animals with gut cells.
New Animals Means New DNA
Creating each protein relies on genetic information stored in DNA. Thus, developing new animals with unique body plans requires a significant amount of new genetic information. The Cambrian period wasn’t just about the emergence of new biological forms; it also involved a huge increase in new biological information.
Mutations And DNA
Random assembly of a new gene or protein with information is extremely unlikely due to the vast number of possible sequences. The challenge increases exponentially as the length of the required gene or protein grows, making it basically impossible for the natural selection and random mutation process to achieve.
Limited Trials
The evolutionary process has a very limited number of trials compared to the vast number of possible sequences that must be searched. This makes it extremely unlikely for the process to find the correct sequences by chance.
Inadequate Mechanism
The neo-Darwinian mechanism, which relies on random mutation, is much more likely to fail than succeed in generating a new gene or protein. This means it is not sufficient to produce the information needed for even a single new protein, let alone an entirely new Cambrian animal.
Scientists
Scientists investigating the causes of ancient events often use a technique known as “the method of multiple working hypotheses” or “inference to the best explanation.” This involves comparing various hypotheses to determine which one best explains the facts.
Intelligent Design
Henry Quastler once said the “creation of new information is habitually associated with conscious activity.” This logic can be carried over to genetic information and lead to the logical conclusion that an intelligent designer created life on earth.
New Information
When a computer user follows the information on a screen back to its source, it always reaches the mind of a software engineer or programmer. Similarly, the information in a book or newspaper column ultimately comes from a writer, originating from a mental, not purely material, source.
Darwin’s Doubt
Due to the new questions being raised about Darwinism’s legitimacy, it’s important to question if other explanations are better. You can learn more about these questions and possible answers in books like “Darwin’s Doubt.”
Three Scientific Discoveries That Suggest God Created The Universe
Three Scientific Discoveries That Suggest God Created The Universe
