Who stated this comment about evolution?

Question

"Not one change of species into another is on record...we cannot prove that a single species has been changed."

LOL it was Darwin...He basically came to the conclusion long after he wrote Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection...that he was possible wrong...

Source???.....The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol 1...page 210

Answer 1

i dunno .. sounds like somthing i would say ....

Answer 2

Some Creationist.

This is a classic fabrication.

The second half of the quote can be found in a book "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin" published by Charles Darwin's son. Most Creationist websites attribute this quote to a fictional book by Charles Darwin entitled My Life and Letters.

Thank you for bringing light to this Creationist lie.

Answer 3

I downloaded the book you reference, did a search for the quote and guess what? It's not there. That quote shows up on countless anti evolution web sites, never in context, and never even indicated when Darwin supposedly said it. In some cases the quote is attributed to someone other than Darwin.
As I said, I've read through the book you reference (it's available for free on line, and nothing I read is consistent with the quote you provided. It's another example of Darwin being misquoted by people who criticize his work without taking the trouble to actually read it first.

Answer 4

Nobody, the second half of the quote is from a letter by Darwin, the first half isn't.

Darwin, of course, was there at the beginning of the theory. He already found enough evidence to support the conclusion species have evolved from other species but this had not yet been observed directly. Since then it has been observed in nature and in the lab a number of times. See, for instance:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html

Your point?

Answer 5

no one. some creationist seems to have made it up. what's your source?

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/quotes/mine/part1-4.html#quote82

no really, what is your source? you say it's "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol 1...page 210". do you have that book in your hand, with that quote? you know what my source is, it is the talk origins website, which asserts that the quote you mention doesn't exist. can you prove that it does?

this is all somewhat beside the point though. darwin may not have been able to demonstrate speciation, but modern scientists can. still it will not satisfy creationists, who want to see a cat giving birth to a dog (despite the fact that evolution doesn't predict that such an improbable event would ever occur).

Answer 6

We have still yet to see any evidence of one species becoming another. Variations in the same species doesn't equate to evolution. For all we know at this stage is that those variations are preprogrammed in the DNA as possible variations. Mixing of DNA may make a new type of dog, but it is still a dog. So, even if a complex single cell organism managed to spontaneously form with perfect parts one time or even a thousand times, it wouldn't account for the wonderful variety of life here on Earth.

Answer 7

Darwin gave some expectations that would destroy his hypothesis (actually NOT a theory, not enough supporting evidence to elevate it to Theory).

One of these are irreducible complexities. For example, a mousetrap can only be reduced to a number of pieces: the base, a spring, the killer bar, the spring holder, and the nails (the mechanism) to hold it together. It can not be reduced to any fewer number of pieces without being rendered useless.

Without any one of these things, it can not work.

So it is with the cilia of single celled organisms. They all must move at the same frequency simultaneously or else will be useless.

What created that frequency? What created the mechanism necessary to create that system?

The non-cumulative probabilities necessary for these to form perfectly, instantly, are far beyond the realm of possibility to have formed on their own. They had to be created as a working unit, in place perfectly at one time.

Answer 8

Actually, no one said it. It is fictitious quote from a fictitious book that bears a somewhat similar title to a book published by Charles Darwin’s sons after his death.

The quote is easily found on idiot Creationist websites where lying is second nature and scientific illiteracy rules the day. This is what happens when people “quote mine” in areas where they are themselves ignorant.

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Your source does not exist. It is not real. Better luck next time.

Answer 9

Darwin. Origin of Species, published in 1859, however in The Descent of Man, published 12 years later in 1871, he states:

"Man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin."

And in an earlier chapter, on man's probable ancestors:

"A hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits."

Which sounds pretty much like a chimp or other great ape (except the tail, of course). So Darwin was as confused as the rest of the world at the time but at least was trying to make some sense of what he saw, rather than blindly accepting faith and dogma.

Answer 10

Darwin. But it is 150 years worth of data behind. Darwin only studied finches.

Answer 11

Darwin said it 150 years ago. Times change and now we can demonstrate such changes.