Introduction
There was a summer day in the monastery garden in Czechoslovakia more than 100 years ago. Most of the monks did not know anything about peas growing there. However, for one of them these plants were of great interest, as he conducted his own scientific experiment with them.
Abbot Gregor Mendel was particularly interested in how the plants passed on their signs to the next generation. "What would have happened if I had crossed a plant with white flowers and a plant with red flowers? Would the next generation be white or red? What would happen if you crossed a tall plant with a short one? How high would a new plant be?
After these experiments and a careful analysis of the results, Mendel realized that he had discovered some fundamental laws of heredity. Under the strong impression of his discovery, he published his findings in a scientific journal - but the scientific world completely ignored Mendel's work. Disappointed, he stopped his research. Dying in 1884, Mendel had no idea that two decades later he would become world-famous as the founder of a new science. Mendel's work is now considered the beginning of the science of genetics, studying heredity.
Now we must turn to the question of whether the findings of genetics confirm the idea of evolution, as it is widely asserted in scientific circles.
Mendel published his findings in the late 1860s, just as Darwin's theory began to gain enormous popularity. Mendel published his work in a well-known journal, and his article was undoubtedly widely known. However, it was not until 1900, sixteen years after Mendel's death, that Mendel's work was re-discovered, and its significance was understood.
Why did they ignore such vital discoveries for so long? The answer is almost certain, because they contradicted Darwin's theory of evolution. Although rarely recognized today, Mendel's discovery disproved one of Darwin's most important hypotheses.
This is confirmed by the fact that after Mendel's work was re-discovered, Darwin's evolution lost its luster for a time. Some time later, evolutionary thinking has revived in a slightly different form, as they say, quite coincided with Mendelian genetics. However, as we will see below, neither of them has withstood criticism and cannot be considered correct.
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