In what ways has science today disproved Darwin's theory of evolution?

Question

Doesn't the Darwin theory go something like this?That life generated from non living matter my chance...isn't that in-possible ? So what's been proven by Darwin's Theory and what has been disproved scientifically...provide links to the different studies or explain them if you can.

Answer 1

I'm not sure you can prove or disprove evolution. You can hold a theory to be true or maybe likely. Kinda like some believe in the big-bang theory but others believe in something more like an oscillating-state theory. But I don't see how you could ever be certain of either by empirical science. You can show evidence to support or shed doubt on the theories.

Answer 2

Jeff H shows one of the reasons why many people reject it. It's because "theory" has entered into common use and come to mean "a guess." In science, though, a theory refers to an explanation of a complex phenomenon that is supported by multiple lines of evidence. In other words, it's not a guess, but a complete explanation of what we observe. We know with certainty that evolution occurs, even if we haven't figured out all of the details (the same way that we know a dropped ball will fall to the ground, even if we don't know exactly how gravity works). It's in these details that the real scientific debate occurs. It's legitimate debate, too, with scientists putting forward their conclusions, supported by real evidence. We might not know when species A split from species B, or whether trait X evolved before trait Y. Scientists argue their points, discuss the data, and come to a consensus that, regardless of the specifics, strengthens the theory as a whole. As for the theory as a whole, there is not one single shred of scientific evidence that would be grounds to reject the theory as a whole. Revamp the specifics, yes, but not reject the theory.

Answer 3

The best reference I have found was written by a secular author Chris Behe. He wrote 'Darwin's Black Box'. Basically, he takes a scientific approach to what Darwin reported and with modern science proves it could not be true. Darwin was brilliant and made assumptions based on knowledge of his time. We now can do so much more and know so much more that what Darwin said can easily be disproved.

Answer 4

Actually, the theory of evolution says nothing about how life BEGAN in the first place. The theory of evolution only talks about the gradual changes within a species.

Pretty much everything you need to know about the theory of evolution is here:
http://www.talkorigins.org/
This site also offers some explanations about how scientists believe that life might have began.

Obviously, there's too much information to be able to tell you in any detail what the theory of evolution says in a forum like this.
Hope that site helps answer your questions.

Answer 5

Science has not disproven the theory of evolution by natural selection. In fact the latest research on molecular genetics has given absolute forensic proof of the theory.

Abiogenesis, the study of how life started from non-living chemical reactions, has proven to be a fruitful field of research. We now know that natural chemical reactions formed shards of phenotypic RNA, which started an evolutionary process. So much is known about this process that a new field, called astrobiology, has been formed. Since the process by which life starts has been shown to be so chemically simple, it is now believed that life has probably evolved everywhere in the universe where there is water. The government is now planning to spend millions of your tax money to send a probe to Jupiter's moon Europa, to melt its way under the frozen ocean surface there and look for life.

Answer 6

Darwin's theory of evolution is that species evolve via natural selection, this is not chance and has been observed.

Darwin also had thoughts about abiogenesis, but these are not a part of his theory.

Answer 7

The theory of evolution doesn't cover how life started. That is abiogenesis and is a completely different subject. The theory of evolution is very supported by lots of evidence. Currently, there is no evidence to falsify the theory. There is way to much evidence to cover here. Wikipedia does a good general overview of the evidence.

Answer 8

OMG... Are you kidding?? Science hasn't done a THING to disprove the theory of evolution in ANY way - and they never will; they can't. Natural history museums throughout the world are FULL of PHYSICAL PROOF of evolution.

(Don't believe me, Christians? Then explain to me all of those skeletons of ape-like CAVE PEOPLE dating back tens of thousands of years, as well as all of the other pre-Cro-Magnon humanoids and simians??? And don't tell me that ALL of those skeletons and fossils and prehistoric weapons and bowls were "fabricated" by special-effects people teaming up with anthropologists who were conspiring to invalidate "Intelligent Design" - because that's just paranoid.)

Answer 9

Evolution says nothing of the sort. Maybe you need to learn what evolution actually is before you speak about it.

Evolution is the claim that allele frequencies in biological populations change over time.

The Theory of Evolution explains that change based on propositions including Mutation and Natural Selection.

Answer 10

Evolution cannot explain how life started any more than astronomy can explain why the three angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees. Both may USE elements of the other, but using one theory you cannot shoe-in any remotely related thing and expect it to explain it. Evolution deals with how life changes and improves, not how life started.