Leaflet #1: The Facts about Natural Selection
In the beginning was the simplest of single-form organisms, which eventually, after millions of years, evolved into more complex species. After evolving for hundreds of millions of years, out of the primordial slime arose land animals. Do not think that humans have quickly and painlessly evolved from these primeval organisms. The reality is natura non facit saltum, viz. nature does not proceed by leaps. Before evolving into homo sapiens, our ancestors had to endure a process of evolution that spanned hundred of millions of years, and that included nearly countless transformations of one species into another. How these proto-humans changed and progress was by means of natural selection.
The mechanism of natural selection works like this: imagine a tree that flourishes with fruit. Now, put a lake with fresh, potable water beside the tree. Assume that the lake and the tree are the only sources of liquid and food in an entire area that is inhabited by many species. Those species that adapt best to the environment, and that develop the mental and physical attributes best suited for acquiring resources from the tree and the lake will survive, while other species die. Natural selection determines which races of organisms are fit to subsist and evolve. Those species that survive are indebted to natural selection for vouchsafing them superior traits than their competitors.
As in nature the strongest, the cleverest, and those with the best physical features progress and defeat their rivals, so is the case in civilization, which is the subject of our next leaflet.
By Dr. Pope, Darwinist PhD, ThD.
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