The scientific theory of evolution includes random mutation and natural selection, as Darwin formulated....
I just want to jump in here and make a small correction. Darwin did not theorize or propose the 'mutation' aspect - that came much later. But Crashfrog is absolutely correct in that the modern theory is built on Darwin and that natural selection coupled with random mutation is the main cause of evolutionary change.
...and those two mechanisms can't be extracted from the theory
Absolutely correct. The theory
of how evolution
happens is natural selection/random mutation (which is simply naturally ocurring changes at the genetic level, selected). Evolutionary theory since 1859, and since the genetical theory was established in the 1930s and 40s, is built on the foundation of natural selection, if it were to ever be refuted the whole theory is in the toilet.
They essentially are the theory, the core of it at least (there's been some additional mechanisms uncovered, like genetic drift), and without them there's no such thing as the scientific theory of evolution.
Absolutely correct.
The reason why it's such a waste of time to try to disprove natural selection is because natural selection is so obviously, undeniably correct. Organisms are selected by nature. That's a fact that simply can't be denied.
I have refuted natural selection in my forth coming paper. The pages have already been written. I have even withheld these pages from my proof readers for fear of the unthinkable from happening. Any grammatical errors will be corrected after publication to occur at the end of this year.
I am glad that we have established the importance of natural selection.
Ray
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