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The theory of evolution is an explanation for the origin of the cosmos and life on Earth, which is more formally known as the General Theory of Evolution. It was derived from atheistic presupposition, although some theists now espouse to the idea. The theory of evolution encompasses the processes of biological evolution, the origin of life, and aspects of cosmic evolution via the Big Bang.

Piltdown Man

Excavating the Piltdown gravels in 1911, with Dawson (right) and Smith Woodward (center).

Piltdown man was said to be found by an amateur fossil hunter named Charles Dawson. He claimed to have found pieces of a human skull from a gravel pit in Piltdown, England. He also claimed that he found ape-like lower jaw with human-like teeth after additional digging. The two claimed finds were assigned to the same person who was said to be at least 500,000 years old. In 1912 it was announced that Darwin's missing link had been found. The discovery of Piltdown man was announced in the New York Times under the headline, "Darwin Theory Proved True".

A typical timeline showing the historical claims of the theory of evolution.

Thomas Henry Huxley, also known as "Darwin's Bulldog," was a British biologist and an adamant supporter of evolution. He popularized the field of science and wanted to prove that man was related to the apes. Interestingly enough, he did not accept many of Charles Darwin's other ideas, such as gradualism (that evolution occurs only as slight modifications over may generations).

Huxley himself coined the term agnosticism to describe his "religious" point of view. Another interesting point is that Huxley supported the Bible being taught in schools because he believed that is was a good moral law and was valuable to English ethics.

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"In any case, no real evolutionist, whether gradualist or punctuationist, uses the fossil record as evidence in favour of the theory of evolution as opposed to special creation." Mark Ridley, 'Who doubts evolution?', New Scientist, vol. 90, 25 June 1981, p. 831

• News to Note: The Tiktaalik A news study claims that the Tiktaalik is the missing evolutionary link between fish and primordial tetrapod, but Answers in Genesis has a different take on this. October 18, 2008.
• News to Note: Publicized Fossil Found by Strip Mall Apparently, the oldest fossil of a flying insect was found by a strip mall and said to be 300 millions of years old, but Creationists agree that there is a better explanation for how the insect could have ended up there. October 18, 2008.
• Altenberg: The Woodstock of Evolution? Sixteen scientists gather in Altenberg, Australia, to propose a "new" theory of evolution. Among other things, many of these scientists question the role of natural selection in long-term changes in species. Scoop.co.nz March 4, 2008.
• Placental Mammals Climb a New Tree. Recent analysis of shrewlike fossil pushes mammalian evolution forward millions of years. ScienceNOW Daily News. June 20, 2007.
• In Startling Advance, Study Identifies Dinosaur Protein Findings offered as new evidence for dino-bird evolution. New York Times. April 13, 2007
• God’s Numbers The latest Newsweek poll shows that 91 percent of American adults surveyed believe in God—and nearly half reject the theory of evolution. Newsweek, April 9 2007 issue
• The Teflon Naturalist Chuck Colson comments on Social Darwinism. Christian Post, Apr. 01 2007

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