Question by : Give one reason why Darwin described the evolution of flowering plants as “an abominable mystery”?
Please. I need some help for tomorrow. If possible.
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Answer by Luma
Little is known about their evolution, I don’t imagine protoflowers being preserved well
What do you think? Answer below!
Reason 1) Where did they come from, and how could they have evolved so suddenly without any transitional fossils linking them to other ancient plant species?
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast17apr_1/
In a letter to J. D. Hooker dated July 22, 1879 (1), Charles Darwin described the rapid rise and early diversification within the angiosperms as “an abominable mystery.” Angiosperms are regarded as one of the greatest terrestrial radiations of recent geological times. The major lineages originated 130–90 million years ago (mya) (2, 3), followed by a dramatic rise to ecological dominance 100–70 mya (4). Approximately 250,000 extant species have been recognized (5), although estimates vary, and the final number might be double this (6). Within the group, sister clades can differ in species richness over several orders of magnitude. Darwin attempted to identify a single causal explanation for the rapid diversification of angiosperms but described his own efforts as “wretchedly poor” (1).
Reason 2 )THE RAPID RISE OF THE PLANT GROUP ( ANGIOSPERMS) AND THEIR SUDDEN DIVERSIFICATION AND DOMINANCE WAS / IS BEYOND ANY LOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR DARWIN . SO HE CALLED IT ” AN ABOMINABLE MYSTERY”!
http://www.pnas.org/content/101/7/1904.long
Charles Darwin failed miserably in his quest to validate his argument on Evolution.
God created the Heaven and Earth as the Holy Bible declares (Genesis 1:1). Don’t put faith in theories. Have faith in God.
Charles Darwin did not use good logic in his famous book, “The Origin of Species.”
W.R. Thompson, a Canadian entomologist(entomology-study of insects) of international repute, wrote in his introduction to the centennial edition of Darwin’s Origen, “Darwin did not show in the Origin that species had originated by natural selection; he merely showed, on the basis of certain facts and assumptions, how this might have happened, and as he had convinced himself he was able to convince others.
Chapter 4 of the Origin, entitled “Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest,” occupies 44 pages in the 1958 mentor edition. In this chapter Darwin used the language of speculation, imagination, and assumption at least 187 times. For example, pages 118 and 119 contain the following phrases; “may have been,” “is supposed to,” perhaps,” “If we suppose,” “may still be,” ‘it is probable,” “will generally tend,” “may” “will generally tend,” ‘If,” ‘if…assumed,” “supposed,” “supposed,” “probably,” “It seems, therefore, extremely probable,” and “We may suppose.” Is this really the language of science? No, it is not.
Of Darwin’s speculative arguments Thompson wrote, “….Personal convictions, simple possibilities, are presented as if they were proofs, or at least valid arguments in favor of the theory….The demonstration can be modified without difficulty to fit any conceivable case. It is without scientific value, since it cannot be verified; but since the imagination has free rein, it is easy to convey the impression that a concrete example of real transmutation (change of one species to another) has been given.”
Source: Thompson, W.R., Introduction to The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, E.P. Dutton and Co., New York.
Have faith dear friends in God, not theories.
Genesis 1:1
Isaiah 45:18
Colossians 1:16
Hebrews 11:1-6
Genesis 2:1-3
Exodus 20:8-11
Psalm 14:1