What’s wrong in disproving Darwin theory: IISER test

Pune, February 24 

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What is “wrong” with Union Minister Satyapal Singh’s criticism of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, students of the city-based Indian Institute of Science Education and Research were asked in a recent exam.

The institute, an autonomous body set up by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, said the question was not meant for “opening debate” on the minister’s statement, but to test the “logical thinking of students”.

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“The HRD minister of state recently claimed that the Darwinian theory of evolution is wrong because ‘nobody, including our ancestors, in writing or orally, has said they saw an ape turning into a man’. What is wrong with this argument?” read the question.

Incidentally, the question was accompanied by a note: “This question is NOT asking why biologists believe evolution to be correct. It is asking why the quoted argument cannot be correct...” — PTI