Instincts are too complex to have evolved

From EvoWiki

Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 External Links 6 Further Reading 7 Related claims 8 See Also 9 Acknowledgments

Claim

Instincts are too complex to have evolved.

Source

• Anon, 1985. Life--How Did It Get Here?, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., pp. 160-167.

Responses

1. Some instincts are complex, some are simple. There is no reason to think complex instincts could not have evolved from simple instincts.
2. add more responses

Fallacies contained in this claim

• Appeal to Ignorance (I don't understand this, it can't have happened)

External Links

• Mark Isaak's page for this claim [1]

Further Reading

• Gould, James L. & Gould, Carol G., 1995. The Honey Bee, Scientific American Library, New York.
• Weiner, Jonathan, 1999. Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior. Knopf, New York.

Related claims

• Evolution can't explain consciousness
• Evolution doesn't explain language ability
• Evolution doesn't explain homosexuality
• Evolution doesn't explain morals
• Evolution doesn't explain altruism
• Evolution doesn't explain cooperation
• Evolution doesn't explain art
• Evolution doesn't explain music
• Evolution doesn't explain personality and emotions
• Evolution doesn't explain religion

See Also

• Why is Creationism not a Scientific Theory?

Acknowledgments