Creation Moment 10/24/2018 - Take the BBC Evolution Test: pt.3

I the LORD have created it. Isaiah 45:8

Take the BBC Evolution Test: pt.3

"The BBC’s evolution quiz involved seven questions that had to be answered true or false. So, let’s take the quiz and test the BBC’s understanding of evolution.

The BBC recently put a ‘Quiz: Test your knowledge of evolution’ on their website.

3. The giraffe's long neck is an example of evolution. True or false?

TRUE: Charles Darwin argued long ago that the giraffe's long neck comes from "natural selection". This is where individuals that have inherited characteristics which help them to survive and reproduce pass on the genes that make them successful. In the case of the world’s tallest living land animals, the giraffes, those with long necks were more likely to survive hard times and pass on their genes to the next generation than their short-necked rivals, who weren't as good at reaching food from high branches.

 The uncritical nature of the BBC’s acceptance of evolution is seen in the belief that the giraffe's neck is the product of evolution over millions of years. The giraffe’s genome helps explain its long neck but does not support its evolutionary origin as Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell explains:

The giraffe is a marvel of design, showcasing numerous designs that must work

together…It is inconceivable that the massive number of differences needed to build a really big giraffe could have come about through random mutations. However, the fact that God apparently designed the regulatory genes in these animals to affect multiple systems in a coordinated fashion—so that changes in the skeletal and the cardiovascular systems work together—gives us some insight into the way dramatic variations within a created kind can be produced.

For example, when the giraffe lowers its long neck (which contains seven vertebrae) to the ground, its uniquely designed cardiovascular system (two meters in length in the neck and a blood pressure about twice that of humans) helps prevent a rush of blood to the head. The giraffe's uniquely designed neck shows that it cannot have developed slowly over many generations through natural selection, as its structures and systems need to work together."
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