Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) could not have developed by chance. In the February 19, 2009 edition of Nature, K Bokov and SV Steinberg in the article “A Hierarchical Model for Evolution of 23S Ribosomal RNA” concluded that the formation of the rRNA must occur in an orderly manner—not by chance.

According to the investigators, “The emergence of the ribosome constituted a pivotal step in the evolution of life.” The key word in the paper is “hierarchical” which means the process is orderly.

Not only is the process orderly, the authors conclude the formation of rRNA could not have occurred by chance” “Such low probability excludes the possibility that the absence of cycles of dependence in the 23S rRNA has occurred by chance.”

The low probability of chance is a problem for Darwinists and neo-Darwinists, alike. In the Darwin exhibit sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, Niles Eldredge advocates that evolution is “the result of random mutations, or ‘copying errors.’” In the Origin of Species Darwin clearly excludes the possibility that “chance” could account for the differences in variations, writing, “I was so convinced that not even a stripe of colour appears from what is commonly called chance”

According to Stephen Michnick of the Canada Research Chair in Integrative Genomics at the University of Montreal referring to Bovok and Steinberg’s article said, “The assembly followed rules that were logical and for which there were no alternatives.”

Bovok and Steinberg’s newly published evidence is a problem for the “random” chance clique. Natural laws associated with the origin of life remain elusive—even after 150 years of investigation. Life is not by chance.