irreducible complexity

Meaning

Noun

  • The proposition that complex organs such as eyes and flagella must have started existing in their current form; i.e., that they cannot have evolved from previous, less complex stages.

Origin

  • Coined by Michael Behe in his 1996 book Darwin's Black Box.

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