Give Three Cheers!

LET'S all give three cheers for evolution.

Everybody, shout “Hip, hip, hooray!”

Because if it were not for evolution,

You and I would not be here today.

 

History-deniers keep on harping

About an argument called missing links.

Our fossil records clear that up, I tell them.

They're afraid to hear the truth methinks.

 

They don't like to hear that we are cousins

To other mammals in the world. The wimps

Cannot handle knowing that among

Our dearest, closest relatives are chimps.

 

"It's merely JUST a theory," they will say,

And make a face and grossly overreact.

"Because of all the evidence," I tell them,

"It's NOT a theory; it's, instead, a fact."

 

Around four hundred million years ago

Is when our ancestors so boldly crept

Out of the sea and made the land their home.

Is that so hard for people to accept?

 

We give ourselves a lot of self-importance

As Homo sapiens, and that's absurd.

Just because our brains have gotten bigger,

We're not evolution's final word.

 

Molecular genetics is a wonder--

Something that we all should take to heart.

It can give us helpful information,

Such as when two species broke apart.

 

IF all living creatures are descended

From a single ancestor, then we

Share a close relationship with all.

The striking DNA code will agree.

 

We know the code itself is not what varies.

What varies is what's written in the code.

That's the actual genetic sequence.

I hope this doesn't make your head explode.

 

IF you think a god was the designer,

That's your business if that floats your boat.

"Intelligent" design is what they call it.

But that is not a view that I promote.

 

Preachers from their pulpits often challenge

Scientific facts and explanations.

They do not like natural selection

Because it doesn’t meet their expectations.

 

Although we're learning more and more each day,

Certain mysteries remain unsolved.

But look at all the beautiful and wondrous

Forms including us that have evolved.

 

So ONE more time: three cheers for evolution!

ONE more time let's shout "Hip, hip, hooray!"

If natural selection had not happened,

You and I would not be here today.

 

-by Bob B (3-8-25)