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Evolution
The theory of evolution is an explanation for the existence of life on Earth through random, natural processes. More formally known as the General Theory of Evolution, it was defined by the evolutionist Gerald A. Kerkut as the theory that all the living forms in the world have arisen from a single source which itself came from an inorganic form. It is the idea that particles increased in complexity to form the building blocks of life, then the first cell formed, which ultimately gave rise to people, all without any need for an intelligent Designer. This is the concept that evolutionists really promote and creationists oppose. It encompasses chemical evolution, the origin of life, biological evolution, and the common descent of all life on Earth. The concept dates back to the ancient Greeks, and was repopularized in modern times by naturalists such as Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin who provided the biological aspect with a mechanism (natural selection). Much of its theoretic development was based on philosophical materialism (matter is the only reality), and it either implicitly or explicitly denies the existence of God (atheism). As a worldview, it serves as the antithesis of religious creationism, and is supported evangelically today by what is known as scientific naturalism.
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Vestigial Organ
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Many evolutionists claim that vestigial organs are the leftover organs of evolutionary change, since we have evolved past our earlier variations or ancestors, what was needed then is no longer necessary for the current environment, and although the structure may still be physically observable, no physical or readily observable use for it can be attained. However creationists point out that these organs are indeed functional and in some cases vital to embryonic development or actually living a comfortable, normal life as a human.
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Ernst Haeckel (February 16, 1834 — August 9, 1919) was a German zoologist and contemporary of Charles Darwin and in believing Darwin's proposed evolutionary theory to be correct, Haeckel began performing his own research to bolster the theory. Ernst Haeckel was so persistent with his constant passion to defend evolution and prove it fact, he earned several nicknames such as, "Darwin’s Bulldog on the Continent" and "the Huxley of Germany."
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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
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A fossil whale was found vertically through several strata The Bible is inerrant (Talk.Origins),
A freshly killed seal was C14 dated at 1300 years old (Talk.Origins),
A petrified hammer was found in Cretaceous rocks (Talk.Origins),
Abiogenesis,
Abiogenesis and ozone,
Abortion,
Absolute dating,
Adaptation,
All human fossils would fit on a billiard table (Talk.Origins),
Altruism,
Ambulocetus,
Amino acids aren't generated from just CO2, nitrogen, and water (Talk.Origins),
The Annals of the World,
Anticreation,
Archaeopteryx,
Archaeopteryx is fully bird (Talk.Origins),
Astronomical dating,
Australopithecus,
Australopithecus afarensis,
Australopithecus africanus,
Average soil depth is consistent with young earth (Talk.Origins),
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Bacterial flagella are irreducibly complex (Talk.Origins),
Big bang,
Biological evolution,
C,
Carbon-14 dating,
Charles Darwin,
Cladistics,
Common descent,
Cosmic chronology,
Creation vs. Evolution,
Creation vs. evolution poll,
Cro-Magnon man,
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Darwin recanted on his deathbed (Talk.Origins),
Darwin's finches,
Darwin's finches show only microevolution (Talk.Origins),
Darwin's Illness,
Darwinism,
Dating methods,
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Endosymbiosis,
Ernst Haeckel,
Eugene Dubois,
Eugenie Scott,
Euthanasia,
Evolution,
Evolution in popular culture,
Evolution myths,
Evolution requires as much faith as creationism (Talk.Origins),
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis,
Evolutionary boundary,
Evolutionary psychology,
Evolutionary simulation,
Evolutionism,
Evolutionists,
Exogenesis,
Expanding earth theory,
Extinction,
F,
Fission-track dating,
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Galapagos Islands,
Genetic variability,
Geochronology,
Geologic ages,
Gradualism,
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Haldane's dilemma,
Helium diffusion,
History of evolutionism,
Hofmeyr man,
Homo antecessor,
Homo erectus,
Homo ergaster,
Homo habilis,
Homo heidelbergensis,
Homology,
Human migration,
Human races,
Hypercycle,
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth,
Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth?,
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Java Man,
John Scopes,
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Macroevolution,
Microevolution,
Modern evolutionary synthesis,
N,
Natural selection,
Naturalism,
Neanderthals,
Nebraska Man,
Nebula theory,
No Answers in Genesis,
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Paleoanthropology,
Panspermia,
Peking Man,
Peppered moth,
Phylogenetic tree,
Piltdown Man,
Pleistocene,
Principles of Geology,
Punctuated Equilibrium,
Q,
Questions evolution can't answer,
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Recapitulation,
Refuting Evolution,
Refuting Evolution 2,
Reverse adaptation,
Richard Dawkins,
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A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism,
Secularization,
Sexual selection,
Social darwinism,
Speciation,
Species,
Speed of light,
Spontaneous generation,
Star formation,
Stellar evolution,
Stephen Jay Gould,
Supernova remnant,
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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex,
The Lie: Evolution,
The Naked Ape,
Theistic evolution argument,
Theory of evolution,
Thomas Huxley,
Transitional forms,
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Vestigial organ,
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Did you know...
- Ancient Moroccan fossils are "pushing back the known timeline for parasitism by 60 million years." Times of India, November 7, 2025.
- Scientists tack on 500,000 years to models for origins of modern humans due to discovery of Yunxian2. BBC News, September 25, 2025.
- More fossil footprints discovered upend Evolutionist timelines on when walking and amniotes began. Institute for Creation Research, June 9, 2025.
- Richard Dawkins calls Intelligent Design a 'scientific hypothesis.' Discovery Institute, May 29, 2025.
- Famed Yale computer science professor quits believing Darwin’s theories ‘The origin of species is exactly what Darwin cannot explain’ states Gelernter. The College fix, July 30 2019.
- Richard Dawkins Event Canceled Over Past Comments About Islam The station sent an email to ticket holders on Thursday that praised the book but apologized for not having “broader knowledge” of his views much earlier. New York Times, July 24 2017.
