Science self corrects.
But that’s not the issue here. The issue here is that people who did not fully understand what they were hearing heard jargon like “survival of the fittest” and confused that for constantly evolving new morphological or genetic advancements. But that’s not what it ever meant within the scientific community.
Look at the data on island dwarfism and gigantism.
You're fighting a losing battle.
While I understand the desire to hold onto orthodox scientific thinking the manner in which science proceeds makes it hostile to revealed truth. The very ground that science builds on is the supposition that everything can be explained without appeal to God, no matter how much stretching and twisting must be done to maintain such belief.
If you personally can ignore the tension between the two worldviews, it is what it is.
But ultimately the question is what does Scripture say because that is the only sure foundation.
Our perception can be deceived, even more so when it becomes the collective perceptions of a multitude.
So take hold of the sure foundation and only source of true knowledge.