Darwin's Theory - Fruit Flies and Morphology

Darwin's Theory of Evolution - Four-winged fruit flies, genetic mutation, and morphology as proof for Evolutionary Theory. Check out this great clip from my friends at Coldwater Media that covers one of the main proofs for Darwinian Evolution, Morphology. Visit http://www.ColdwaterMedia.com for more clips in this series, Investigating Evolution. Also, visit http://www.allaboutscience.org/darwins-theory-of-evolution.htm for more on fruit flies, genetic mutation, and Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

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• Darwin
• Theory of Evolution
• Morphology
• Genetic Mutation
• Fruit Flies
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• Evolution
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• Randall Niles

[metalsusa1]

Jonathan Wells, excuse me for one minute... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!! alright, I feel better. This self confessed enemy of evolution got his PhD in order to try and prove evolution wrong. He vowed to devote his life to destroying "Darwinism". Sun Myung Moons teachings ( yes,as in the moonies) and Jonathan's prayers convinced him to take up the mantle against evolution.

Jonathan sounds like he got into the field of evolution for all the right reasons. HA! I'm sure his findings are impartial. LOL!

[darkfur35]

evolution is a bad fairy tale. Made up to scare little kids.

[wearestarstuffsagan]

@Tuomixx they ignore them because it would destroy their arguments, they ignore reality in place of fantasy, they are pathetic children at heart

[prophylacticfaith]

Yet another example of why 99 percent of all species are extinct. What is the ultimate destination here? Evolution is false and creationism is true? How efficient of our creator! To make a fruit fly with extra wings that not only cannot be utilized but will ultimately be the death of this poor insect.

[Tuomixx]

What do these creationist say of dog breeds?

They are not all crippled 5 legged pirate dogs, but show both fast working and extreme "morphology".

[donnyaldridge]

There is no guarantee that if the changes are beneficial to the organisim that they will even be passed on....

[nicksynnz]

This fly obviously cannot function. Evolution is an adaptation to situations where certain functions are required.  If an organism has them they can pass on the genes: if not like this fly then they cannot. The fly is an example of mutation and while it is sad its mutation is not of benefit in our environment it is quite possible another mutation will hold an advantage.

[drdwitte]

Jonathan Wells: PhD in religious studies in 1986 (ID'er)

Paul Nelson: PhD in philosophy (creationist)

Ken Miller: Biology professor and is AGAINST intelligent design

These people are not scientists.. They make it sound reasonable but they are just trying to find arguments which support there belief. It should be the other way around. Belief should be build on the arguments! There is no reason to throw away evolution theory since it simply works..

[utube793]

23 Christians who are afraid to admit that they devoted their life to a lie disliked this video. 

[f0xfree]

Besides the fact that there are 5,000 species of fruit fly the transitional fossil record directly contracts the statement @2:30. For example Polar Bears have morphological adaptions that Brown Bears do not and there is a fossil ancestor dated approx. 120,000 years ago from which mtDNA was extracted from and compared to modern bears. It showed that Polar Bears evolved rapidly and on the line of brown bears. This is just one example of countless others of beneficial adaptation.