how does geology prove evolution?

Question

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Answer 1

Different animals that look different are found in different layers of rock. It takes a very long time for layers of rock to build up, so you can say that lower layers were there first and are therefore on the bottom. There are certain types of critters in those rocks that we don't see anymore.

Closer to the top are the younger layers of rock, and they have animals that are sort of like what we see today.

At the very top is the dirt, and we see animals that we recognize in the dirt.

So you can see that animals changed over time.

Also, it takes a very long time for a fossil to form - tens of thousands of years. A fossil is bone that has been replaced by rock - this rock is created as water that has, say, limestone, seeps past the bone. The bone dissolves, and the water leaves the limestone in its place.

So you have two clues that geology points to evolution being correct.

A point to note: The finer points of evolutionary science are always being debated, and always will be. That makes sense, since the finer points of physics, or astronomy, and medicine, are also being debated. People will say, "Evolutionists don't know everything, so they're wrong." But no scientist knows everything, and no scientist always will. But science is about learning what happened, and looking at the facts, and testing the facts. Science is not about being right 100 percent of the time...it's about learning. That's all science is.

Answer 2

A great flood would have sea floor creatures at the lowest level of mud. Next would be a mixture of fish that don't swim well and stay close to the shore (think tide pool animals) corals, sponges, trilobites, etc. Only then would animals from the lowlands appear up higher in the mud. Last would be deposited high altitude land dwellers and/or far inland animals. I'm a doctor and would love to speak with non-politically minded PhD's who could tell me why this couldn't be an alternate scenario. I may be describing an evolutionary middle ground. Can something like this be ruled out for sure? Without endless reason and conjecture?

Answer 3

If you read these answers, you will learn more than what is required for mere homework anyhow.

It doesn't prove evolution so much as it proves that animals have changed over geologic time. Since different rock strata are deposited over different time periods (and this can be millions of years), we have a sort of calendar. Older is deeper, younger is less deep. This is referred to as 'the geologic column' because the layers are stacked like pancakes would be in a column.

So, they show that different species existed in different times and didn't exist in other times. Evolution attempts to answer the question that fossils pose, the question- "How can this be?"

Answer 4

Geology involves the study of fossils which in some cases can show gradual changes through time from one form of animal into another as one moves up the rock strata (i.e. getting closer to present day.) Check out the evolution of the mammalian ear from the reptilian jaw bone.

Answer 5

Seriously, so far, NOTHING has proven or disproven evolution. There just aren't any scientific methods available today that can provide solid evidence or proof. Fossil records are way too sparse, and radioactive dating is only backed by more radioactive dating (somebody must've forgotten the scientific method). For some reason, however, it's still been labeled a science.

Answer 6

animals must chance depending on their environment, and geology is place which changes. So birds that evolved up here were made to stay cold, ones in the tropics to stand the heat.Something like that

Answer 7

well at least you are an honest cheater :)

Your answer:

the most obvious way is found in the geologic/fossil record. Paleontologists can in many cases track an a species through time as it makes subtle but important physiological changes in response to a changing environment (changes in the actual climate, the seas, or the existence of new food types, new predators etc..). In this way there are numerous examples of species undergoing changes (evolving) over time in response to changes. some of these changes prove to be an advantage and the species continue to evolve over time.. or some of these changes prove to be dead ends and the species dies out.
Evolution is cool...but nobody said it was easy

Answer 8

Geology proves evolution?

Answer 9

It doesn't, nor does it disprove it. This question belongs under Religion. Don't submit this answer to your teacher, though. It will only get you into trouble.

Answer 10

It doesnt, because evolution is false, from my point of view it is.