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You might enjoy this book. — coelacan talk — 20:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello Waqas Mehmood,

There is more to evolution than chance. Natural selection is the opposite of chance. It preserves useful mutations. Life would be very surprising if it depended only on mutation. If I were to suddenly spring into existence out of a pile of amino acids, that would be miraculous. But with natural selection, this is not necessary. Tiny changes that benefit an organism are preserved over time, counteracting the work of chance. This link will help explain how natural selection defies chance.

As for "living fossils", there is a misunderstanding here. The fact that the coelacanth is still alive today means that it has evolved to be very resiliant to changes. In the past it developed a useful, working system of mutations, which were preserved by natural selection, and it has not needed to change since. There is no rule that says that species have to keep changing and changing. So "living fossils" don't disprove evolution. You can learn a little more here and here.

Think about it this way. My ancestors came from Europe. Does that mean that there should be no more Europeans today? Is it expected that I should replace them somehow? No. There are many niches for life. The coelacanth has a stable niche, so it doesn't need to change. — coelacan talk — 21:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)