Is this the BASIC sequence of events as described by evolution?

Question

First there was a void, ampty and dark
Then light appeared with the big bang and because of spining matter a night and day effect occured.
Then there was water and sky only as the gaseous ball of our planet cooled.
eventually land appeared.
Plants appeared on the land
Then the sun, moon and stars became visible as the atmosphere cleared up
Then animals appeared in the sea
Animals appeared on the land
Then the conscious, thinking, intelligent human being appeared.

Darwin DID NOT invent the word evolution. Did I mention Darwin?? NO.

Answer 1

Well *overall* this is pretty close to correct. (And yes, I do see where you are going with this.)

But two corrections:

1. Evolution only covers the development of life from the first life forms ... it does not cover the big bang, origins of the universe or the earth, or even the origins of life.

2. The only correction in the sequence would be that plants did not appear *on land* until later in the sequence. However, plants (photosynthesizing organisms) did appear in the oceans and were largely *responsible* for the clearing up of the atmosphere that you mention. These photosynthesizers (obviously) needed sunlight to do so, but it's very possible that the early atmosphere (which was mostly CO2, no oxygen until the plants put it there) may have looked a lot like a permanently overcast day. In otherwords, a lot of diffuse 'light' everywhere during the day, and very dark at night ... but no sun, moon, or stars visible as the *source* of this light.

The evolution of the first *land plants* and ocean animals (specifically the fish, the first vertebrates) was almost at the same time, and may have come before the total clearing up of the atmosphere.

So to a timeless eyewitness watching (or perhaps causing) the whole thing unfold, it would have looked very much as you describe.

Very nice!

Answer 2

As others have stated, only the last three elements of your description have anything to do with evolution, which is usually defined as the change in populations of organisms over time.

However, I suspect that what you are trying to do is show how "accurate" the story in Genesis is. But your summary leaves out some of the major inaccuracies. For example:
* Land, and plants, before the sun and moon (verse 11)
* Birds before land animals (verse 20)
* Insects at the same time as land animals (verse 24)

... all of which we know to be wrong, either from common sense or the fossil record.

Answer 3

Absolutey not.

You have confused evolution with other theories.

Evolution describes the changes which occur in species and has nothing to do with how the universe and planet earth came into existence. It does not concern itself with how life came into being either.

Edit

You asked this question in the Biology section, so one has to assume you are asking about the evolution of animals.
Biology has nothing to do with how the universe and planet earth came into existence.

So far the only person to mention Darwin is you. (And now me).

Answer 4

Evolution is only about living organisms. The creation of the universe falls into the realms of physics.