[Champ]

As I understand it, according to Evolution Theory, in the vast passage of time in the past a species has gradually evolved (and will evolve in future) into another species when (1) the instinct to survive has "warned" a species that its survival was doomed through rise of some hostile element in the environment unless the species somehow got itself ("automatically") adapted through some clever means during perhaps a million years thence before it was too late, and (2) either by chance or through a deliberate "action" by some High Intelligence an evolved species got "automatically" adapted and evolved before it was too late. (If either by chance or through a deliberate "action" by some High Intelligence, a species did not happen to get suitably adapted in time, it became extinct.)

Is my above understanding of Evolution Theory at least broadly correct? If it is correct, then in fact item (1) in the above paragraph has no significance whatever; for to intellectually comprehend the "warning" of item (1) a species certainly needs high intelligence, and the species needs even MUCH, MUCH higher intelligence to "consciously think" then of a way to proactively adapt and evolve during the next million years before it is too late, and thus survive.

Now, even if it was by chance that an evolved species got itself "automatically" adapted and evolved before it was too late for surving, the high cleverness of whatever means of adaption/evolution of any species does indicate existence of some High Intelligence behind it. (Human intelligence is electrobiochemical activity in the physical entity of human brain. The nature of the High Intelligence remains a mystery.)

During evolution over millions of years, when fish evolved, why would not fish of all kinds (species) have adapted to be of more or less of the same size so that all species could survive (eating perhaps sea weeds) without threat of extinction for smaller fish species by being devoured by bigger fish? Again, in that scenario, adaption/nonadaption by sea weeds for their own survival (by developing perhaps cactus-like needles so that fish could not devour them) remains an interesting speculation. Which of the two might have proved "more fit" to survive: the fish or sea weeds?

It seems that Evolution Theory boils down to "(1) whatever happens (and happened) to BE in Nature happens (and happened) to BE that way in respect of evolution, survival, and extinction of different live species, and (2) there is clearly some mysterious High Intelligence behind the existence of the cosmos the way it is." The highly popular phrase "survival of the fittest" then conveys nothing meaningful at all since the Theory does not explain WHY a particular species has turned out in the past and will turn out in future "fittest" (or "fitter") while another did not or will not. If any scientific theory in any field does not enable us to PREDICT something, its value is small. On the other hand, it takes millions of years for an evolution to be noticed. That means Evolution Theory could predict something, that prediction could not be confirmed until a few million years hence!

I shall highly appreciate illumination by people who are knowledgeable about the Evolution Theory.

[jerseyfossils]

Lets get the obvious out of the way, then I will try to answer any questions you have.

Evolution is a word that describes the process in which species change through naturally selective genetic mutation, seen throughout the fossil record.
Understand that geological formations are unique and form under specific conditions. You cannot dispute the chemistry involved, the geological record is factual. The remains of life represented in each strata make-up the basis of paleontology. We study these remains which are preserved like in a time capsule.
Evolution is seen through the progressive nature of the animals preserved in this way. Phylum’s diverse from environmental perturbation (changes) and ecological interactions within reorganized ecosystems.
The environment shouldn’t be thought of as slowly evolving, rather it is punctuated by colossal, sometimes global events which change it. Mass extinctions follow this trend and eventually the open ecological niches are filled by diversifying surviving species.

Try to simplify your questions and I can give you simple answers.

JJ Serio

http://www.JerseyFossils.com

[peters01alm]

Simple and straight to the point