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2006-06-18 05:19:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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Charles Darwin's book on the theory of evolution and natural selection presents very credible evidence when it comes to how animals and humans are how they are.

For example, let's take into account the Peppered Moths.
(I'll copy/paste this from Wikipedia because they do better at explaining it than I do)
The evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years has been studied in detail. Originally, the vast majority of peppered moths had light coloration, which effectively camouflaged them against the light-colored trees and lichens which they rested upon. However, due to widespread pollution during the Industrial Revolution in England, many of the lichens died out, and the trees which peppered moths rested on became blackened by soot, causing most of the light-colored moths, or typica, to die off due to predation. At the same time, the dark-colored, or melanic, moths, carbonaria, flourished because of their ability to hide on the darkened trees.[1]

Since then, with improved environmental standards, light-colored peppered moths have again become common, but the dramatic change in the peppered moth's population has remained a subject of much interest and study, and has led to the coining of the term industrial melanism to refer to the genetic darkening of species in response to pollutants. As a result of the relatively simple and easy-to-understand circumstances of the adaptation, the peppered moth has become a common example used in explaining or demonstrating natural selection to laypeople and classroom students.[2]


In other words, the moths, once white, adapted to its new and more polluted environment. The darker moths that could camouflage into the newly darkened trees were the ones that were able to survive. Therefore, they sprung a whole new race of peppered moths.

I believe this is plausible evidence to how truth evolution is. Places change, and the ones that are better suited for the environment, will survive and their offspring will carry those characteristics.

2006-06-18 07:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

When you say 'Theory of Evolution', I think you mean Darwainian theories like 'natural selection' and so many more.
There were quite a few scientists like Darwin in his day contributing to the theories of evolution.
Like someone said earlier, a theory is just that; A Theory.
If you're interested in different studies done; check out Gregor Mendel, or Augustus Weissman and Sir Francis Galton.

2006-06-18 06:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is a "theory" because there is no definite proof. But there is a good deal of evidence that supports it. The amount of evidence increases every day.
Importantly the theory of evolution is perfectly consistent with the there being a Creator.

2006-06-18 05:26:38 · answer #3 · answered by Frito 2 · 0 0

Partially. We still fail to see the truth in Human evolution. Different species just don't pop out of nowhere. People dont understand the relationship of mating a matation in human evolution. The Neanderthal is a perfect example. Modern man is a mix of Neanderthal and his mutation Homo Sapiens. These mutations took many thousands of years. Some of us are a little and I mean a little more Sapien Sapien than Neanderthal or vice versa. People don't understand that Neanderthal did not die and the hands of some tribe in France, he just stop being Neanderthal through death, mating, and of course evolution.

2006-06-20 00:34:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-10-31 02:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Yes,there is more than enough scientific evidence to
support the theory of evolution.

2006-06-18 05:26:24 · answer #6 · answered by Alion 7 · 0 0

No, it is in fact a theory, without proven facts but based on observations. I wouldn`t want to think of myself with apes as aborigines! We humans try to explain everything around us to put a certain order in our perspectives of the world around us. And that includes our existence. But, God works in mysterious ways as they say...Ways that we, His creation, may or may never be able to understand. So we put meaning to what we just observed.

2006-06-18 05:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by Joy RP 4 · 0 0

it cant be completely proven yet, but the evidence is great ,where as other theories i will not mention are so out of line, make no sense ,and cannot be proven.

2006-06-18 06:43:22 · answer #8 · answered by js8incher 4 · 0 0

I personally believe it is...there is enough scientific evidence to prove it. However, because of religion it is considered highly controversial, so honestly it's all about your religious preferences and your own beliefs.

2006-06-18 05:23:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is widely belived by scientists to be true and no one has come up with anything better as yet!

2006-06-20 09:20:53 · answer #10 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0 0

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