What exactly is the evidence to evolution?

Question

Just some examples please

Answer 1

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Mysteries In Science
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=…

The Young Age of the Earth
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/catego…

The Origin of Man by Dr. Duane Gish
http://www.strimoo.com/video/14877425/Th…

Skull Fossils - As Empty as the Evolutionary Theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yu5jN897…

Neanderthals - Smarter Than We Thought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxL636n3w…

Creation In The 21st Century - Our Young Moon 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i3jtYx7N…

The "Dark Cloud" of the Big Bang
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=…

Why do creationists feel sorry for delusionists?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d4b_12145…

Today's World Population Debunks Evolution- Dr. Carl Baugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxqzNM76…

Creation In The 21st Century -- Noah's Ark and Jesus 1 of 3 (Parallel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQg67H4GK…

Answer 2

look all around you.

god didn't do it.

Answer 3

fossils?

lucy?

Source(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Austr…

Answer 4

* The basics of evolution: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

* Examples of ridiculous creationist anti-science: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=…

* Examples of creationist quote mining (like quoting part of a scientists' sentence to make it sound like he's saying something completely different): http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/quotes/m…

* Scientific American's 15 answers to creationist nonsense: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=15-a…

* The evolutionary tree: http://www.dhushara.com/book/evol/trevol…

* Hominid species: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/spe…

* Transitional fossils: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC…

* A comprehensive list of evolution resources: http://richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopi…

Answer 5

Scientific Papers:

http://treatiseofreality.blogspot.com/20…

Source(s):

Look at those thumbs down go! Reality-deniers...

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

Answer 6

dna between chimps and humans


uh oh!

Answer 7

Just close your eyes and go back into your coma

Answer 8

Wikipedia is your friend....also, as is the biology section

Answer 9

Look it up on google. You'll find like 1000000 stuff.

Answer 10

The British Natural History museum is your friend

Answer 11

fossils, I guess

Answer 12

There's evidence from genetics, paleontology, fossil records, comparative anatomy, vestigial structures, geographical distribution, molecular variance patterns, observed speciation and adaption, complex iteration and so on.....

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of…

Answer 13

Evolution is a fact but...

Around 10,000 years ago mankind made a jump from being savage hunter gathers into a rich culture bearing society in Ancient Sumeria.

There was outside influence and the war of knowledge vs censorship rages on.

Answer 14

You are, buddy. You are.

Answer 15

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary…

http://www.gate.net/~rwms/EvoEvidence.ht…

Start reading.

If you want some specific examples, human chromosome 2 and the Gulo gene are pretty strong evidence.

Answer 16

You have got to be kidding.

Molecular biology, game over.

To "tuberoot": there is proof - it has been observed happening in real time. Like I said, "game over".

Answer 17

The multitude of transitional fossils..

If you refuse to see the evidence, or do research, or accept mainstream scientific facts, you're not only an intellectual bigot, but also a dishonest fool..

Answer 18

It's all around you..

Answer 19

Here is my list. There is more, I just tried to stick with the easy to understand ones.

* Fossils - the order can be determined by stratification alone (no radiological dating) it is unarguable and life started simple and got more complex. Here is a simple chart to show what I mean: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/success…
* Circular species. Meaning that it geographically evolved in two geographic directions with interbreeding possible between all steps but not the two ends. The two ends are actually separate species. Example: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/librar…
* Mitochondrial DNA regressive studies. - This comes only from your mother and the only changes to it are through mutations. These mutations occur at a known rate, and converge world wide 150,000 years ago give or take. If Eve (6000 years ago) was the only female, it would be almost identical world wide. It is not. The flood gives a second bottleneck that matches the facts even less well.
* Geographic distribution of related species. Meaning related species are usually near each other.
* Wisdom Teeth - there isn't room on your jaw for them anymore.
* Your little toe - totally useless. Nice intelligent design here.
* Your appendix - totally useless now but it does digest cellulose in other species.
* Your inner eyelids - They don't even work now, but they do for lots of other animals like house cats. Bet you didn't even know you had 'em.
* Vestigial DNA - meaning chromosomes that we have but don't use, but that are used in other species. We have several that other primates use but are totally useless to us.
* The fact that we share so much DNA among species
* There are no wild milk cows. They evolved through artificial selection and are totally man made.
* Different breeds of dogs, cats, livestock.
* Viruses and bacteria evolve quickly and you can actually see it. This is why you need a new flu shot every year.
* Your tail bone. It is even not that uncommon to be born with a tail.
* Goosebumps - this would be useful if we had fur because it fluffs it and makes more insulation. For us it is worthless.
* The hair standing up on your neck when you are frightened. Animals use this to make themselves look bigger. Doesn't work when you walk upright and don't have fur.
* The fact that humans have gotten measurably and heritability taller since the 1600s
* The fact that humans jaw have gotten measurably and heritability smaller since the 1600s
* The fact that humans little toes have gotten measurably and heritability smaller since the 1600s
* Human lower back problems. Your back is intelligently designed to have support from your shoulders.
* Transitional fossils - here are several lists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tra…

Answer 20

Evolution just means that organisms change to survive the environment they're in. If the environmental change is very sudden, the organism will die.
Most evidence lies in how much the DNA of different species has in common rather than their differences, making it possible to trace how long ago we had a common ancestor.

Answer 21

The Study of Genetics actually "proves" evolution is real...

Inside every cell of your body is a very complex molecule called DNA, and this complex molecule is the "secret of life..."

When a man and a woman mate and have offspring, their genes were mixed into a new combination, and this "pairing of genes" was due to the "random meeting" of the two parents. In other words, nobody is born knowing who they are going to mix their genes with, and so "Natural Selection" (Evolution) is proved through the study of "Genetics" and "Reproduction..."

There's more to it than that, but I can't teach you an entire semester of Upper Division Genetics in this answer, but suffice it to say that Evolution is no longer taught as a theory, it is now taught in every University in the world as "fact..."

Answer 22

Here is a link to an interesting site with articles on evolution.
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary…
This topic is not something that can be thoroughly addressed in a couple of paragraphs.

Answer 23

DNA studies.

Source(s):

Genesis: In the Beginning

Answer 24

Transitive fossils, Human Edrogenous retroviruses, Human Chromosome #2, Birds, Atavism, Neanderthal Genome, Biochemistry, The phylogenetic Tree, species diversity, animals symbiosis, Archeoptryx (the bird-lizard), vestigials organs, and oganelles, and parasites.

You want a direct example. Influenza.
Every year we must take new flu vaccinations because
the influenza bug has adapted to our medication, new virulent
strains become attacking human hosts.

Answer 25

http://www.livescience.com/animals/green…

this is pretty good evidence. a species of slug found in new england actually adopted DNA from the algea that it eats and produces its own chlorophyll. as long as you shine a light on them for 12 hours a day they dont have to eat... only species of multicellular(nonplant) species in the world that can do this, and is obvious and has been shown that it actually changed its DNA and adopted the DNA from its food... there is much more but this is the most interesting one that ive found and is currently happening.

Answer 26

Museums, universities, libraries, digs and many other places full of evidence and facts.

But for BAD christians is must surely be that the christian churches say that creationists and ID believers are deeply flawed thinkers!!

The Pope, Catholic Church, Church of England and mainstream churches all accept the big bang and evolution!!

Lord Carey the former Archbishop of Canterbury put it rather well – “Creationism is the fruit of a fundamentalist approach to scripture, ignoring scholarship and critical learning, and confusing different understandings of truth”!!

Answer 27

Even though you won't read it here is proof of evolution:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/22548…

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/…

Source(s):

Atheist

Answer 28

here's just a few

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_mo…
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-spec…

Answer 29

spend some time in "answersingenesis.org" and find out the REAL truth. Evolution theory (not a theory really but just a hypothesis) is simply the false religion of God deniers and if you take a few minutes to THINK about it you realize that mutations in DNA remove information, they don't add it.

Answer 30

29 lines of evidence for evolution and yes that includes macroevolution
http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/The_incontr…

Loads and loads of evidence from paleontology and the fossil record
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-tran…


Some other examples

Anatomical homologies - Throughout the domains of life organisms show a distinct pattern of constraints based on homology in development and construction of the body. For example, tetrapods have five digits because the ancestor of tetrapods had five digits. When a tetrapod does not seem to have five obvious digits, a review of their development shows that they start development with five and that they fuse together later to form fewer numbers.

DNA and RNA code - Almost all organisms use the same three-letter code for translating RNA into proteins. There are variations, such as the code used by mitochondria and some bacteria and fungi, but the differences are only minor. Regardless of the slight differences, all organisms use the same coding mechanism for translating the code into amino acid sequences.

Endogenous retroviral insertions - Ancient retroviruses inserted inactivated viral genes into genomes. For a retrovirus to be inherited in all members of a species, a series of highly improbable events must occur. The virus must insert into a gamete cell and it must mutate so it is inactive. That gamete cell must be used to make an embryo that lives to reproduce and whose genome fixates into the population at random location in the genome. This rare event is usually species specific.

Pseudogenes - Shared errors are a powerful argument for a common source. If two books describe the same concept in similar language, it's possible they just both converged on the same wording. However, if they both share the same grammar or spelling errors it becomes improbable to assume that they did not derive from a common source. There are genes that no longer code for a protein due to a mutation or error. Species often share the same pseudogene with the same inactivating mutation. A famous example of this is the L-gulonolactone oxidase that synthesizes vitamin C. All simians including humans share one pseudogene of inactivated L-gulonolactone oxidase, but the guinea pig has a different pseudogene indicating a different mutation.

Embryology - The pharyngula stage of embryonic development appears to be highly conserved. At this stage, it is difficult to tell the difference between various vertebrate species. This conserved state screams common ancestry, and the field of evolutionary development has expanded our knowledge of developmental genes and their consequent embryo ontogeny to amazing levels of detail, all thanks to acknowledging common descent.

Chromosome fusion - Gene fusion or chromosome fusion is when two chromosomes are spliced together. As an example, chimpanzees have one more chromosome than humans do. If the two species share a common ancestor, scientists should be able to figure out what happened to that chromosome. Researchers have found that chromosome 2 in humans is actually the fusion of two separate chimpanzee chromosomes. At the end of each chromosome is a marker called a telomere, which usually appears only on the ends. In human chromosome 2 it also appears in the center, marking where the two ends fused.

Convergence - The phylogenetic trees constructed using anatomical homology, DNA homology, pseudogenes, endogenous retroviral insertions, and many other methods all converge on a similar looking tree. There are slight differences but the general relationships of the trees are intact. If any of these methods were flawed, they would not converge on the same tree.

http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/The_incontr…

Answer 31

Fossils by the millions, and thousands of transitional fossils that fundies seem to be unable to see, the evolution of microscopic entities, viruses, bacteria, cells, the living fossils of today, tuatara for one, the lungfish as a transitional creature, not even a fossil and on and on.