Opposition

Michael Dougherty disagrees with the theory of devolution, stating that “there is no such thing as devolution”.  He states that it is wrong to think that humans are the best that a species can hope to become.  This statement is agreeable, evolution may continue, but ONLY if the right conditions for evolution are met, which they are not.  He may state that extinction is common and that harsh living conditions don’t influence evolution, but there is no evidence as to whether the species had time to evolve or that the species’ that are alive today would be extinct if they didn’t evolve so his statement is very flawed.  He also states one more “misconception” that evolution does not make a species more complex (Dougherty, 1998).  Devolution as defined in “Webster’s New College Dictionary”, is the “evolution of structures toward greater simplicity or to the point of disappearance; degeneration”, which means that his statement ironically supports devolution in that humans are becoming less diverse, intricate and “complex” (Webster, 2010).