2007-10-12 06:32:17 · 4 answers · asked by Mark S 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The Theory of Evolution can't explain a lot of things.
2007-10-12 18:20:30 · answer #1 · answered by gatorbait 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrasing of the question is prejudicial. So far, science doesn't have a satisfying explanation for the Cambrian explosion. So what? Science doesn't even have a satisfying explanation for why gravity happens. Evolution ('microevolution') is a well-accepted scientific explanation for small genetic variations within a genetically-related cluster of organisms. To build an argument that it's the mechanism by which all organisms descended from a common genetic ancestor ('macroevolution') is MUCH harder. The Cambrian explosion seems to be showing the evolutionary mechanism working in a way dramatically different from how it worked in earlier and later history. We can draw much better conclusions from what we understand than from what we don't understand.
2007-10-13 01:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does explain the Cambrian explosion.
Nobody denies that there are a lot of details to fill in and nobody believes that the fossil record will fill in all the details completely.
A lot of the filling in is being done in biology by field work and in laboratory work, especially in gene mapping work.
So far, with 130 years old really enthused critics, nobody has made much of a dent in the theory of evolution.
DO you think it is the survival of the fittest theory?
2007-10-12 17:38:11 · answer #3 · answered by dougger 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually it does.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/4/l_034_02.html
2007-10-12 13:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by Michael B 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋