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Well, Gregor Mendel studied the traits in pea plants to find that over generations the plants' inherited traits changed. His study showed that over time, the pea plant's genes and traits would change depending on the parent plant's genes and the environment. Mendel gave birth to the idea of heredity. Darwin studied natural selection (survival of the fittest) which shows that living things will adapt to their environment (or a new environment) over time. Most of the time this happens because the weaker specimens of the animal or plant will die while the others (which are more suited for their environment) will keep living and produce more animals or plants that are also fit for their environment. This suggests that over time a certain species may be able to evolve into another species more suited for a particular climate or way of life. There have been several other studies of evolution, natural selection, genetics and heredity, and bones of several extinct species of human-like creatures have been unearthed and examined. If you want more information you can look at these sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace

2006-09-07 13:02:30 · answer #1 · answered by corbeyelise 4 · 0 1

First of all, it helps if you know what evolution really is. It's nothing more than a word for change. In the context that scientists use it, it mean gradual change. Things are gradually changing all the time. The climate, the world population, the movement of glaciers, and the whole universe.
The proof....is in the above, plus the fact that mutations are occurring all the time. Viruses and bacteria mutate and become resistant to treatment. Whatever mutation works, survives to reproduce, and the ones that don't work die out.
This is why there are a few three legged chickens, but not many.
It is a mutation that serves no use-full purpose. If it did, MOST chickens would have three legs.
Unless you take the book of Genesis quite literally, there is no reason that God could not have created evolution as a way to achieve His Goals.

2006-09-07 13:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by opjames 4 · 0 1

Want proof? Just read the newspaper. Darwin is gone a long time now, and new species are being reported found in many places, Cambodia, etc. It shows that the theory of evolution is showing itself to be true.

2006-09-07 13:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 0 0

He had facts and evidence and studied for years detailing all factual information and coined the term natural selection. he studied fossiles and plants and notices that favorable genes/traits survived to reproduce at a higher rate. like the strongest plants survived the cold thus meaning more "stronger" genes were able to breed and so on and so forth.
Natural selection and evolution are based on facts. The argument against the Darwin theory is based on dreams, thoughts, heresay, oh yeah you can't see him or hear him but he is up there floating around.

2006-09-07 13:05:52 · answer #4 · answered by calisweet61 2 · 1 1

Let others believe what they choose, if they evolved years ago from apes. I firmly believe and will always stand up for the belief that we (mankind) were made in God's image.

2006-09-11 12:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by LESA F 2 · 0 0

If people want to believe that they come from a monkey let them, but I believe that I am made in the image of the Lord God Almighty.

2006-09-11 02:38:52 · answer #6 · answered by troylfry 3 · 0 1

Do you know why I don't believe it? Because it's just a theory that could be proven wrong with another theory thanks to science evolution!

2006-09-07 13:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Weaam 4 · 0 2

there are empirical proofs with those birds in galapagos islands, there are some other examples, but that is the most famous.

2006-09-07 13:03:31 · answer #8 · answered by petelephant 3 · 0 1

There isn't any proof its just a bunch of crap. If you want the truth read the Bible.

2006-09-07 13:04:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

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