I just wish to know what to say to people who try to convince that "evolutionism" is wrong.
Thx :-)
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2006-09-05 04:14:46 · 14 answers · asked by Axel ∇ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about fossils? They prove that dinosaurs existed. Fossils found of other beings strongly suggest the way we must have evolved.
2006-09-05 04:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by Courage 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Carbon Dating records, Seismic records of the Earths structure, Fossil Records..hell, we've watched animals evolve in fornt of us!
Hes an example you can use. Ready?
During the Industrial Revolution, the British Midlands became a barren hellhole. Our trees were poisoned and often turned a dull soot colour. The White Speckled Moth, a tree dwelling moth, stuck out like a sore thumb on these trees so over the years, they turned a dull black colour.
Now, our trees have been cleaned up, our area is much better. The speckled Moth is now Black on light Brown, and once again, it has started to change its colours to adapt to the trees colour.
Voila! Evolution!
2006-09-05 04:18:51 · answer #2 · answered by thomas p 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A few:
1) Observations of organisms mutating into different species, we have flies and bacteria that have mutated to form different strains. Hence, drug resistent froms of bacteria. We also have observed species changing slightly through generations in ways that improved their survival, such as birds beaks changing to adapt to changing food availability. All that is required for larger scale changes such as those observed in our fossil records is large amounts of time.
2)Fossil record- shows layers of deposits laid down through geologic changes with a pattern of older and now nonexistent life forms in the older layers and more recent and now living organisms in the more recent layers. No human fossils or implements in oldest layers. No human fossils with dinosaur fossils. If there had been a world flood we would expect to see a mixed fossil record with humans and all other species intermingled.
3)Common structures-the study of morphology shows that living organisms today have evolved. Whales have the remains (vestigial) of hind leg bones for example. There are many. We also see creatures with precurser structures to the more complex structures we now see in animals. For example, light sensing discs that over time may have evolved into more complex eye structures.
4) Distribution of species- animals that live in isolation from others tend to evolve in different ways and become for different. This accounts for the high number of marsupial animals found in Australia versus the rest of the world. This is due to being reproductively isolated.
5)Molecular biology-this area is now discovering much that reinforces evolution. Species that diverged from a common ancestor longer ago have more differences in their corresponding proteins. For example, hemoglobin and myoglobin are found in almost every multicellular animal. All the myoglobin and hemoglobin amino acid sequences are so obviously related that they be compared back to two standards, whale myoglobin and horse hemoglobin. The differences in sequences could be used to construct a family tree of the variation between the two proteins among organisms.
There are lots of good books out there. Please read a few before you think you can have an opinion on evolution vs. creationsim.
2006-09-05 04:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've seen it happen in the case of antibiotic resistant bacteria. The fact that they've evolved to counter our medicine is proof that evolution does occur, and is still occuring.
2006-09-05 04:21:21 · answer #4 · answered by CRtwenty 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are no facts, only suppositions, the fossil record we have today is very strong evidence of a prehistoric and present level of existence with absolutely no mediary evidence, so if you look at it from a scientific perspective, you have to conced that evolution is wrong.
2006-09-05 04:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are thousands of facts and artifacts to prove it. A little research will yield huge results
2006-09-05 04:22:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The commonality amongst the species, including humans, is obvious.
George Bush is conclusive proof humans evolved from monkeys. In his case, he didn't evolve as much as others.
2006-09-05 04:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are really interested, try this book:
Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution (Vintage) (Paperback)
by Richard Fortey
2006-09-05 04:18:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just read the article on Wikipedia about evolution.
2006-09-05 04:17:05 · answer #9 · answered by Landon H 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ever hear of viral mutation? --that is evolution
If viruses didnt mutate, all humans would be dead from a single flu epidemic
2006-09-05 04:18:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋