More Examples Of How 'Evolution' Almost Happened

Also see 'The Story Of How Evolution Almost Really Happened'. [Summary of three articles blended into one].

1. Pink Salmon. According to the Smithsonian Magazine migratory behaviour patterns in animals (ascribed to environmental factors) cause fish such as Pink Salmon to swim from the ocean up freshwater streams to spawn where warmer waters make earlier migrating fish more resilient helping fish populations to hold steady over decades. [SmithsonianMagazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ has happened across ‘kinds’; in the final analysis the Pink Salmon are still fish.

2. Tawny Owls. “With milder winters in Finland, one population of tawny owls showed a significant uptick in brown-plumed owls over the last 28 years, according to a 2011 Nature Communications study. The researchers also saw a nationwide increase in brown owls over the last 48 years. It makes sense that natural selection might favor brown coloration: With less snow, brown owls are better at blending in with the surrounding forest, giving those birds a better chance to survive and reproduce.” [Smithsonian Magazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ happened across  ‘kinds’; in the end the owls were still birds.

3. Pitcher Plant Mosquitoes. “In the bogs of eastern North America, the larvae of pitcher plant mosquitoes (Wyeomyia smithii) hibernate in winter and blossom into fully grown adults come spring, when they thrive on the nectar inside their namesake plants. As the days grow shorter, the mosquitoes are genetically program-med to hibernate. Mosquitos at the southern end of the species’ range had already adapted to delay hibernation based on the longer growing season. But now northern populations are also hibernating later as global temperatures rise.” [SmithsonianMagazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ happened across ‘kinds’; in the end the adapted Pitcher Plant Mosquitoes were all still mosquitoes.  The term ‘genitically programmed’, by the way, demands an Intelligent Genetical Programmer.

4. Banded Snails. Darker shells of Banded Snails provide better camouflage in Europe’s warmer temperatures where shell colouration is determined not only by genes, but also by body temperature. [SmithsonianMagazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ happened across ‘kinds’; in the end the Banded Snails were still snails.

5. Sockeye Salmon. “In the Columbia River, sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) are migrating earlier every year in the spring and early summer to spawn … Evolution in response to higher water temperatures proved the most likely explanation for about two-thirds of the shift, while individual adaptation to river flow changes could explain the rest.” [Smithsonian-Magazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ happened across ‘kinds’; in the end the Sockeye Salmon were still fish.

6. Red Squirrels. The southwest Yukon has seen increasingly warm springs and a drier environment, encouraging white spruce trees to produce more cones—and giving North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) more to eat. In red squirrels, the more cones females eat in the fall, the earlier they give birth … Birthing time can vary a bit, but the team argues that the data can only be explained if at least some of the shift is attributed to genetic changes inherited over generations.” [Smithsonian-Magazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ happened across kinds; in the end the Red Squirrels were still squirrels.

7. Fruit Flies. Species can vary a lot based on their geography. In the case of the common fruit fly … genetic variants correspond to populations living at different latitudes, and specific enzyme mutations can serve as biomarkers … Southern Australia is more temperate and tropical, while northern Australia is dry and hot. The team found that many fruit flies living in Southern Australia now have the genetic mutations common in more northern populations—as if they’d moved nearly 4 degrees in latitude. Scientists suggest that these changes are linked to coping with a warmer and drier climate and researchers have found similar trends in Europe and North America.” [SmithsonianMagazine]. 

P.S. No ‘Evolution’ happened across ‘kinds’; in the end the Fruit Flies were still fruit flies (insects).

Conclusion.  Mundane en masse references to ‘adaptation’ and ‘speciation’ in nature does not prove that humans share  a ‘common ancestor’ with primates; the truth is that humans and all animals share a ‘common’ (mutual) CREATOR.

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