No we do not. The odds of a successful beneficial mutation are extremely low. They are very rare. In addition, they break other parts of the system and devolve the organism so it is less able to adapt.
So, show us your calculations please. Numbers picked from thin air will not convince anyone.
If it is close enough then it obviously works: close enough to do the job. If it des not work then it is not “close enough” obviously.
Please read for comprehension. I was looking for evidence of any deity creating a new species.
You don’t understand evolution.
And yet, it can always pull a rabbit out its hat for any environmental adversity that comes along.
Excellent points. I thought beaching whales were those that longed for the days when their ancestors were land-lubbers, but your explanation is better. Did you know the evolutionary ancestors of submarines were whales?
Exhibit A: the very first creatures that appeared on earth billions of years ago
Nothing is too complex for blind, mindless, unconscious evolution.
Take a number, join the queue and wait for your number to be called. Currently you are behind abiogenesis and space aliens.
That the features, which define a species, tend to be stable, is something found in the historical and fossil records. While finches may show variation in their appearances, reflecting how they interact with their environment, as do tortoises and iguanas, the kind of living being that something is, remains constant. We have dogs of all kinds of shapes, sizes and temprament, reflecting the breeding that we’ve done, which is of course based on human psychology, our wants and knowledge. Punctuated equilibrium is a feature of microevolution, where very few changes occur over the generations of a type of creature, be it a finch, a lion or olive tree, as it participates in a stable environment.
We do that looking into ourselves, what we are. There is no greater, more certain evidence than that. If we are unable to see it in all creation, we can extrapolate that as we each of us exists as an expression of humankind, so too does everything else, in itself and as part of some greater system. Ultimately, we are one humanity, united in love and broken among and within ourselves, through sin.
I’m sorry, but that is not evidence of a deity creating a new species. It is theology, not science. It is not scientific evidence.
You most likely did not watch it.