Slimebeast said:
Rath said:
Smidlee said:
Slimebeast said:
Rath said:
Planarian, cup shaped eyes (step 2)
I'm fairly sure all of those creatures are 'living fossils' which haven't changed much since the Cambrian period actually, in any case they provide the small steps you were asking for.
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But why hasn't that worm's eyes evolved further since the Cambrian age? Doesn't he want to see better? 
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Statis (no evolving eyes) including living fossils is also evidence of evolution. everything is evidence of evolution which is a fundamental problem. ToE tries to explain both "A" and "Not-A" at the same time. With such a big target you can't miss. In reality the fossil record does not support ToE so the evidence has to be forced to fit the theory.
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Also the reason the worm hasn't evolved further is due to a lack of environmental pressure. Worms that have better eyes do not have a higher chance of survival than worms without them so therefore the eyes do not change.
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How do you know that?
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Because that's how evolution works? If you're asking me if I have definitive proof of that statement, no. But that's what would be expected under the theory of evolution.
Edit: I can see that my statement was a little too strong. I was trying to say that the worm not evolving is something that could be expected under the theory of evolution and that it doesn't somehow contradict it. If there is no environmental pressure the evolution is expected to be very slow.
