On the Sixth Day of Evolution, species adapted to their environment.
Question:
Is Evolution A Theory?
Can animals adapt to their environment?
Does natural selection help animals adapt?
Given:
- The Theory of Evolution
- The Laws of Nature
Theory of Evolution Position:
On the 6th day of evolution animals adapted to their environment. This is actually what Charles Darwin saw on Galapagos Island during his 5-year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle. In all of his research he identified thirteen species of finches. This was caused by the different seeds and insects on the different islands. The motivation for these changes in species was caused by natural selection.
Darwin conducted further research on his “natural selection” hypothesis. He bred pigeons and showed that he can develop exaggerated feature using artificial selection. Darwin claimed that the environment can perform natural selection in the wild to take the place of his artificial selection. Darwin was correct.
Adaptation is true. Humans have been performing artificial selection on roses, olives, horses, dogs, cats, etc. for thousands of years. This is called breading and today we call it genetic engineering. Scientist can modify a DNA code but to turn on or off different features; but scientist cannot create a different creature with innovative bio-systems.
Law of Science Position:
- The Law of Information states that information cannot be created, changed from one form to another, or destroyed in a closed information system.
- The Law of Biogenesis says that life comes after its own kind.
Discussion:
If you want to see some of the adaptations that have occurred in the past ListVerse.com has an article entitled, “8 Examples of Evolution in Action” and Your Dictionary.com has an article entitled, “Examples of Evolution” with more than 8, while many of them are the same.
Conflict: There is not conflict. Animals do adapt to their environment by way of natural selection or artificial selection.
Conclusion:
Absolutely true. We can see adaptation. This is clearly scientific because we can measure, observe and reproduce biological adaptations.