Proof of Evolution?

Question

Alright guys I need some convincing that evolution is the source of life as we know it, Cuz right now the theory of evolution looks to me like the biggest conspiracy ever made.

Answer 1

Well first off you need to define which evolution you are talking about. Several people have stated the differences within a species as proof of evolution and that is evolution, Micro-evolution. Variations within a species does occur and is able to be proved. Now macro-evolution the change from one kind of animal to another is whole new subject. There is absolutely no proof that an animal has produced anything other than its own kind. Dogs have litters containing little dogs and bigger dogs and different colors but have never had a cat. Now to those who say that there is fossil evidence that it has hap pend bring up an interesting point, but te point is this, how by looking at a bone of a dead animal an you make the deduction that it is proof of evolution. Even if the animal was slightly different from the others in its species that doesn't prove a thing. How many babies did it have? You cant answer that let alone if it had babies that were different. Fossils only prove that the animal lived and died. The whole black/white moth thing is a whole problem unto its own one that was pr oven not to be proof of evolution long ago. I'm actually surprised that is still being used. Look the fact remains that Creation as well as evolution can not be proven both rely on individual beliefs. To say that either is a proven fact is an outright lie. There is so many things that are unacouted for in the evolutionary theory that it is seriously broken. Yes there is things wrong with the creation viewpoint but i never said that god was a proven fact.

Answer 2

It's very simple.

Question: Where did life come from?

Hypothesis 1: All life was made by God and has always been the same the whole time life has existed.

Hypothesis 2: The life that is here on earth today evolved from other forms of life. (we are not going to deal with the origin of life here, since that isn't what you asked).

Those are the two posibilities as I see it and they are mutually exclusive. Either it was always here in present form or it evolved.

OK, lets look at some evidence. Dig into the groung. You'll find fossils, remnants of ancient life. In most places you will find that of all the fossils, none are of creatures that exist today. And no currently existing animals or plants will be found in those fossil deposits.

So, if the inhabitants of Earth from many years ago no longer walk the earth and current animals didn't exist back then, hypothesis 1 is rejected. Life has not stayed constant but has changed over time.

That is evolution!

Answer 3

Uh, yeah let's deal with conspiracy first. Thousands of scientist from all over the world that have more to gain by exposing a conspiracy or even a false statement then they do by fabricating evidence, have and continue to conspire to hood wink the general population. Not to mention that there are tons of armatures following every development. Not much chance of any reasonable conspiracy there.

Now on to evidence, besides telling you to check out a museum to see the fossils on display and then telling you that for each one you see there are literally thousands more, I could discuss how the fossil record is consistent, how the radioactive isotopes are counted and ratios taken for dating (the ratio thing takes care of different levels at different times), not to mention several families of isotopes are used and compared. We could go onto have some viral infections leave a genentic marker which is past down across species and how we and other apes share the same markers.

I could go on but the evidence fills a good amount of books and papers. I recommend that you brush up on scientific methodology, roll up your sleeves and start reading actual science (biology, geology and palentology) books. There are several good web sites that you can read, but should confirm what you read there with their written references.

Answer 4

livescience.com/evolution

If you can read that page that is the proof. Your eyes alone tell huge stories.

"Every change had to confer a survival advantage, no matter how slight. Eventually, the light-sensitive spot evolved into a retina, the layer of cells and pigment at the back of the human eye. Over time a lens formed at the front of the eye. It could have arisen as a double-layered transparent tissue containing increasing amounts of liquid that gave it the convex curvature of the human eye.

In fact, eyes corresponding to every stage in this sequence have been found in existing living species. The existence of this range of less complex light-sensitive structures supports scientists' hypotheses about how complex eyes like ours could evolve. The first animals with anything resembling an eye lived about 550 million years ago. And, according to one scientist's calculations, only 364,000 years would have been needed for a camera-like eye to evolve from a light-sensitive patch."

Answer 5

That can easily be found in the Biology section, which is where this question belongs.

Anyway, evolution is not the theory of how life began, but of how life changed as the environment changed. You are confusing evolution with abiogenesis.

The attached link gives a short explanation. It is by no means thorough, but it is a start.

Answer 6

evolution is not the source of life
evolution is the result of reproduction and mutation for which natural selection changes species

the source of life ???

creation
big bang
take your pick

anyone doubting mutation leading to selective advantage resulting in evolution need only look in a petrie dish and the ability for bacteria to overcome antibiotics hence antibiotic resistance
they did not decide to become different, they survive because they are different as a result of mutation

as for faithfulrealist

you are assuming the woodpecker always had and needed a large beak
check out selective advantage of black moths Vs brown moths during industrial revolution in black forests of germany(do some reading and you MIGHT learn something)
evolution is a process generally taking 1000's to millions of years
however if you cant wait that long for proof see above or ask a doctor to give you drugs for MRSA

Answer 7

Evolution has nothing to do with the binning of life you moron! That's Abiogenesis.

By the way, the only group of people I have less respect for that creationists is conspiracy theorists,

Answer 8

Well, if you research it you will find lots of evidence. For instance, some tortoises have notches on their shells in the Galapagos islands so that they can reach their heads up for food, while other tortoises do not.

By 'source of life as we know it' I'm going to assume that you mean life today, not how it started.

Answer 9

Ask in the biology section. I fail to find any kind of conspiracy in it.

Answer 10

Here's one against it. There is a woodpecker in the south of the US I can't remember it's name. It has a special feature that no other bird has, it's tongue. All birds' tongues are like ours, it goes from the throat and into the mouth. But this bird's tongue goes from it's throat, around the back of it's skull which has a small tunnel for it, downs it's face and into it's mouth. So what you say well this is what. Seeing as a woodpecker needs it's tongue to get the bugs out of the whole it makes it's survival would depend on this mutation happening all at once. IMPOSSIBLE!!!