Is the theory of Evolution true? YES, creatures evolve. But How?

Question

Natural Selection? This is what we have been taught in our textbook. But there is not a shred of proof out there (Can you show me proof?). Just because it is the BEST explanation doesn't make it true. I won't accept it.

Some will say it just makes sense. But really? How much of it is "making sense" and how much of it is indoctrination by our schoolteachers?

Best proof of natural selection or best alternative gets best answer. You cannot use a religious text as proof.

Answer 1

Hi. An example for you to consider or not. Prior to the industrial revolution there was a species of moth in England that was primarily white. They lived on birch trees, also primarily white. The growth of industry caused much soot to enter the air and dirty the birch trees. Birds then had a feast on the clearly visible white moths, but not on the darker moths of the same species. The darker moths survived in greater numbers, bred, and had more darker offspring. This made them harder to spot and they thrived as a result. Birds, not anything mysterious, made the moth adapt. So you don't have to be a deity to cause evolution. Just a bird brain.

Answer 2

I always thought that Evolution happened because of this: for example, there's some species that travels from place to place and carries everything they own on their back, which is about 80 pounds. Another group of the same species are not nomadic and sit around all day. The first group would evolve into a much stronger culture. Okay, lame example, but that's how I understand it. There's a species of lizard that lives in complete darkness in a cave, and it has no pigment or eyes. Why? Cause they don't NEED eyes, or pigment, being in complete darkness. They didn't use them if they ever had them, so now they don't have them. See?

Answer 3

Well what would constitute proof for you? Would a vast fossil record that shows iteration of form, from one species to the next, through out the strata of the earth, constitute proof? What about observed instances of speciation that have been observed by modern science? I suspect that you are determined not to see any proof, no matter what.

Never-the-less, many speciation events have been documented, among plants and insects, and the process of speciation in action is documented among fish, birds and small mammals. (I'm not going to summarise all this research in a soundbite - you have to read it yourself in an already extremely summarised form - links 1 and 2)

The fossil record shows nothing but "macroevolution". But once again, I cannot possibly summarise all this in a soundbite, or even 100,000 words. It is VAST (I'm a paleontologist). Take a day out of you life and go to a university library and research it yourself if you are truly interested - start with marine invertebrates, the organisms for which there are the richest fossil record.

Soundbite arguments are the province of anti-evolution propagandists, not scientists. If you want to understand the evidence of evolution, you have to look in to it yourself.

Answer 4

Source 1: Charles Darwin - On the Origin of the Species
Source 2: More or less anything you see in the natural world

Step 1: Read Source 1
Step 2: Observe Source 2
Step 3: Understand
Step 4: Appreciate
Step 5: Wonder
Step 6: Toss the Bible

Answer 5

There is proof,for the theory "The best has to go on...to become better." Something like the fittest survive.The world environment changes,and the species must live according to that and survive,and till very recently,(a fraction of second if you consider the life time of earth as 100 years) the ruling species would not make the environmental changes to its liking (or disliking).
But I have my own thoery on some powers that was there before the Big Bang,lending a hand,here and there.Defenitely 410,000 years ago.I have proof

Answer 6

Evolutionis the process by which a species changes through time. When a new variation arises that allows certain members of the species to capture more resources, these members tend to survive and have more offspring than the other, unchanged members. There be more members in new generationand in the end, most mebers of a species have the same adaptation to their environment.

Answer 7

Well it's this way. The creatures out there appear quite different, but at the same time are quite the same. Most have two eyes above the one nose which is above the one mouth which is in front of the two ears, with you know what is on the other end. There is just too much sameness here for there not to be a designer out there.

Answer 8

Go stick your hand in a container of cold water for about 2 minutes.. at first it seems very cold, but as time goes by your hand will adapt to the temperature. This is exactly how creatures evolved from whatever it started as into animals, then to humans, etc. All that happens is the creature(s) will adapt to the environment to survive and live the best possible way in its current condition.

Answer 9

Good for you. It is a theory but, they don't offer any alternatives, do they? Hopefully, this indoctrination will backfire on them as a result of youthful rebellion if not for intelligent thought.

Why anyone responsible for educating children would want to do this is mystifying unless there's some underlying agenda like there was with the Hitler youth.

Evolution requires giant leaps of faith just like any other current theory/theology as to how mankind came to exist. Be prepared for people to call you stupid when you're not.

Answer 10

Everything you believe comes from best explanation.

How do you know the world around you exists? Maybe you're just dreaming it. You have no proof!