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There have certainly been some attempts to reconcile the Darwin theory of evolution with Torah. There are also misunderstandings of the Darwin theory that make it seem as if human beings descended from the apes whereas I believe that the theory only posits that man and the apes have a common ancestor (some have mistakenly identified a species called Homo inferioris alsharptonis as this ancestor but this is not possible as said species has only a physical resemblance to a human being )!
However, the theory is full of holes. Darwin himself said he could not explain the human eye – which is really a huge flaw considering how important the eye is to any being and to the ecosystem.
It also tries to take out the G-dliness of creation chas vesholom. Yes, it is very convenient to believe that the tiger and the zebra have the fur patterns that they do because both species need to hide in the grass, one to hunt and the other to avoid being hunted.
Yet, those patterns are not all that effective – the creatures would be far better served with far duller patterns. And no matter what, the zebra ends up becoming prey, and the tiger does not have to hide in the grass when it wants to knock off a water buffalo or an unsuspecting villager.
Those 2 creatures, and others like them, look the way they do because Hashem shows His power of creating beauty through nature. (Never mind flowers and other fauna, the patterns of which show no particular “evolutionary” need).
The only possible value of the theory of evolution is that until Moshiach reveals the secrets of creation, some scientists apparently look to so-called evolutionary mechanisms of cells to devise antibiotics and anti-malignancy drugs. Yet, again, the first antibiotic was revealed in what non-believers call a fortunate accident and what we should see as hashgocho protis.
And social evolutionism is plain nonsense which flies in the face of Torah and in its worst form leads to systems such as Naziism.