In practice, the attempt to relate the evidence on the ground directly to the Noachian Flood was more or less abandoned after the 1820s. - Colin Tudge

In particular, to suggest that the creature which is measurably superior in any particular respect is ipso facto morally superior is bad science (since it is not in the brief of science to make such judgments) and also bad moral philosophy (since this is merely a variation on the deeply suspect theme of “might makes right”).

Every society has cause to know that the beneficence of the Earth cannot be taken for granted.

The effect of natural selection over time is to change the composition of the gene pool.