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Natural Selection

Natural Selection Is Not Evolution!

The supposed vehicles of evolution are mutations, natural selection, and other mechanisms that—when combined with that pixie dust of time—allegedly led to the development of all life forms present today. However, natural selection merely redistributes or reduces preexisting genetic information, and mutations often corrupt the information.

Natural Selection and Creationists

The creationist view of natural selection is supported biblically and scientifically. Natural selection is a God-ordained process that allows organisms to survive. It is an observable reality that occurs in the present and takes advantage of the variations within the kinds and works to preserve the genetic viability of the kinds.

Natural Selection and New Information

Natural selection cannot generate brand new genetic information. It simply doesn’t work that way. Instead, it filters information that already exists. The general theory of evolution is the idea that single-celled organisms gained new genetic information over millions and billions of years, and eventually arrived at “higher life-forms” such as man.

Adaptation in Plants

If living things such as plants have been observed to adapt to their environment—isn’t that evolution? Adaptation of plants does not prove evolution.

Does Natural Selection Prove Evolution?

Distinguishing natural selection from Darwinian evolution (the latter combines natural selection with the idea that all life has an ancestor in common) is one of the primary challenges modern creationists face in the origins debate. Experimental confirmation of natural selection is interpreted as proof of Darwin’s theory.

Natural Selection Topics

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In-Depth Article
How Biblical Kinds Differ from Modern Species

Sept. 9, 2025 from Answers in Depth
How biblical kinds differ from modern species, a history of speciation models, and why the biblical model better explains the natural world
News
Does Natural Selection . . . Slow Down Evolution?

Jan. 15, 2024 from Ken Ham Blog
What do we make of a headline that proclaims, “Natural Selection Can Actually Slow Evolution, Scientists Say”?
Magazine Department Article
Is Natural Selection at Odds with Creation?

March 5, 2023 from Answers Magazine
The young-earth creationist view has been so maligned in popular culture that many people think creationists deny basic facts of life.
Magazine Department Article
Four Differences Between Natural Selection And Evolution

Oct. 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine
Take a look at these reasons why natural selection isn't the same as evolution, and how—unlike evolution—natural selection agrees with God's Word.
Directed Evolution

May 16, 2020 from Answers in Depth
Are intelligently designed experiments using already present features in already-existing bacteria and viruses really examples of molecules-to-man evolution?
Natural Selection in Guppies

Oct. 15, 2019
Because of their isolated natural habitats, guppy populations have been used to study the processes of “evolution” in the wild.
News
Angry Spiders? Blame, You Guessed it, Climate Change

Sept. 12, 2019 from Ken Ham Blog
Researchers discovered that “angry” (aggressive) spiders in storm-prone areas survived better and reproduced more offspring than tamer spiders.
Secrets to the Origin of Species: Demystifying “Genetic Drift”

Aug. 16, 2019
One of the keys to the origin of species is a concept that few have heard of—genetic drift—the simple application of statistics to basic genetics.
Feedback: Observed Evolution

July 13, 2019
A recent tweet asserted, “Evolution has been directly observed both in the lab and in the field. If you had done any research whatsoever, you would know this.”
The Evolution of . . . Chocolate?

July 7, 2019
Based on their evolutionary beliefs, secular researchers believe ancient diversification of the cocoa plant resulted in delicious varieties within the species.
In-Depth Article
Bitter Butterfly

May 4, 2019 from Answers in Depth
The viceroy is a colorful butterfly that is known to mimic other species. But it is not just a tasty option that looks like the unpalatable models it mimics.
In-Depth Article
“Lousy” Pigeon Professors

May 3, 2019 from Answers in Depth
A study looked at the colors of lice on the feathers of numerous varieties of pigeons. According to the authors, the research was proof of evolution. Is it so?
Understanding Natural Selection

May 7, 2018
Some biblical creationists have fallen into the evolutionists’ trap and tried to refute evolution by throwing out the concept of natural selection entirely.
Are Humans Driving Rapid Lizard Evolution?

Aug. 28, 2017
Reports proclaim human actions, in this case the building of a hydro-electric dam, are “messing with evolution” because of changes in a species of gecko.
Book Chapter
Natural Selection and Macroevolution

Aug. 5, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
Darwin reasoned that if animals can be selectively bred by man to produce certain traits, then nature can select for limitless traits by natural selection.
In-Depth Article
Mathematical Solution to the Mystery of Animal Ornamentation

Dec. 22, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Scientists from Northwestern University have developed a mathematical model that may help explain animal ornamental mysteries.
Book Chapter
2.4 Natural Selection, Yes; Evolution, No

March 28, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
Natural selection does not lead to continual improvement (evolution); it only helps to maintain features that organisms already have (creation).
Book Chapter
2.3 Change, Yes; Evolution, No

March 26, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
There are obviously all kinds of “change through time” that are not evolution, so evolution must be only a particular kind of change through time.
Book Chapter
2.2 Natural Selection

March 19, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
There is considerable evidence that Darwin was indeed correct about natural selection and the “war of nature.”
Magazine Department Article
The Proper Place for Natural Selection

Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine
When Charles Darwin studied finches from the Galápagos Islands, he attributed their variations to natural selection. Is there any truth to his claims?
In-Depth Article
Is Rapid Lizard Adaptation a Template for Deep-Time Evolution?

Nov. 15, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionists declare stickier toes reveal the path up the evolutionary tree.
Magazine Department Article
Big Bang and Evolution Still a Big Question . . .

July 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Statistics from an AP poll conducted in March 2014
In-Depth Article
Silence of the Crickets Speaks Volumes About Variation and Selection

June 7, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Hawaiian cricket “evolution” into stealth mode saves them from extinction.
In-Depth Article
Reverse Evolution Causes Darwin’s Finches to Go Missing?

March 20, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionary experts assert finches should be “protected” from surviving through hybridization if it leads to un-speciation.