The Editor, Sir:

The debate on the story of Evolution took a sordid turn recently when racist sentiments associated with this allegedly scientific and accurate theory were set out in a newspaper article. I have set out some ideas which I trust will stimulate thought and discussion on what is an interesting emotive subject.

While it is true that Darwinian evolutionary theory does not explicitly state that any racial subset of the universal set of humanity originated with monkeys, it does state that ALL life on planet Earth started with the same primary organism. Taken to its logical conclusion this means that you and I are no better than a crab, a common crustacean.

The question has been asked: if you can convince a man that he is no better than a monkey, should you not expect him to behave like one? I venture to ask thus: If you can convince him he is no better than a jackass, what then?

must agree with other laws

Few scientists seem to possess the intestinal fortitude to question the accuracy of this theory which purports to outlines the grand march from primary organism to Homo sapiens or Homo stultus relative to perspective. Briefly, if the theory is accurate then it must agree with other scientific theories and laws. The theory states that a time span of four to five billion years is required for the process to go from primary organism to man. Since solar radiation is essential for the process to begin and continue, the sun must have existed before it started.

Here is the problem. Astro physics states that any star such as the sun is only good for four billion years, plus or minus, and then it must go into supernova and cease to exist. The sun is still there and you and I are here so the evolutionary process has gone from stage one to stage two. The time scales just do not agree. Further, there is no air on the moon so no wind exists there. What this means is that dust which falls on the surface of the moon stays just where it fell. Over five billion years a deep layer of dust would be there. When the moon landing occurred only a thin layer of dust was there. This suggests that the moon is young and the earth also.

I have merely touched the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

I am, etc.,

J.E. Warioba

Old England P.O.

Manchester