When asked to list the evidence for Darwinian evolution most people including most biologists give the same set of examples, because all of them learned biology from the same few textbooks. Those examples include similar bone structures in diverse species, pictures of similarities in early embryos, peppered moths, Darwin s finches, and drawings of ape like creatures evolving into humans. These examples are so frequently used as evidence for Darwin s theory that most of them have been called icons of evolution. Yet all of them in one way or another, misrepresent the truth. Most biologists are unaware of these problems, Jonathan Wells explains.
Some biologists are aware of difficulties in their own field.
But they may feel this is just an isolated problem. Those who do object may find it difficult to gain a hearing among their colleagues, Wells warns, because criticizing Darwinian evolution is extremely unpopular among English-speaking biologists. According to Darwin, the origin of the human species was fundamentally similar to the origin of every other species, declares biologist Jonathan Wells. Wells argues that much of what we teach about evolution is wrong. In Darwin s lifetime the evidence in favor of his theory was much too meager to support such sweeping claims about human nature.