Species

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Species are a group of individual's within a specific geographic location or ecological niche who interbreed naturally in nature and a specie is any one indivudal of that group. It may seem simple to apply such thinking however some organisms are very confusing to categorize. For example some bactium reproduce asexually through binary fission. Despite the assumptions of early creationists, it is now unquestionable that the species level in the taxonomic hierarchy is not equivalent to the created kinds referred to in the Bible.

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the word specie means;

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in the same or like form or kind. ^[1]

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Species Formation

Main Article: Speciation

Speciation, or the formation of a new species, does occur with some regularity, but this process can easily be perscribed as the result of intelligent design. The term species and the process of speciation are very important for understanding how adaptation succeeds in producing distinct populations from a common ancestor. The simple fact of being separated from another population can lead to such dramatic and irreversible differences between related plants and animals that we become unable to recognize them as belonging to the same created kind.

Perhaps one of the biggest challenges for creationists is to identify the created kinds or baramin, which is actually the practice of a growing field of creation science called baraminology. One key piece of evidence used by Baraminologists is hybridization data, since a successful mating between two different species would confirm they are close relatives. However, accurate identification is an exceedingly problematic task since speciation can become permanent even at the genetic level.