Biology 9B
Mr. Ryan
May 21 2016
Evolution
A common misconception about the theory of evolution nowadays is that it
promotes human society to act in selfish ways because of “survival of the fittest”.
People who believe in this statement will start asking why is this a misconception.
The reason this statement is a misconception or is considered false because
it’s contradicted by the theory of evolution itself and by biological science
evidence.
Before showing why this is a misconception all people need to know what is
The theory of evolution, …show more content…
Darwin was hesitant
to introduce his ideas to the public population until he knew at there was another
young scientist studying these things and developing a theory about it. On November
24, 1859, he published a detailed explanation of his theory in his best-known work,
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Firstly, this statement can be contradicted by evidence provided from
biological science and the natural world. The natural world provides by far the
biggest example which is that humans can work hard by many ways to improve there Mohamed3
physical adaptions to be able to survive for longer times. The second example is from
biological evidence which has shown that the theory of natural selection mostly
applies to animals because they do not have the mental capability humans have in
order to decide who to mate with and who to avoid mating with it basically shows
how humans are more mature than animals. This is just another example that
shows that humans do not act in selfish ways because of the theory of …show more content…
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will also feel the desire to help others and won’t be able to do anything different.
A social or environmental reason that contradicts this theory is a recent study
that showed how poorness and hunger have increased rapidly because of people’s
help and kindness. People’s monetary conditions started to get better or slightly
increase in the past two hundred years because of the massive increase of charitable
groups and companies all over the world. In 2014 Food Bank in Egypt with the help
of The International School of Choueifat were able to raise 375,900 Egyptian pounds
in two months from about 200,000 people only. This evidence shows how people
never think in a selfish way and think of others in need. Also this is not the only
evidence football teams around the world have started to open successful