Evidence of Evolution

From The New Answers DVD 3

Is There Evidence for Evolution?

Natural selection (done in the wild) and artificial selection (as done by breeders) produce enormous varieties within the different kinds of plants and animals. It has proved an impossible feat, however, to change one kind of creature into a different kind of plant or animal. The so-called “kind barrier” has never been crossed.

Do Imperfections Prove Evolution?

What are these imperfections we walk around with, and do they prove evolution? Among the supposed imperfections are cellular diseases, hiccups, backaches, goosebumps, and wisdom teeth. Almost all cases of “imperfections” chalked up to evolution can be reconciled easily with creation or the curse of God on the whole creation.

Denying Evolution like Denying the Holocaust

Richard Dawkins ignores the difference in the type of evidence supporting Darwinism and the Holocaust. The Holocaust is documented by photographic evidence, by historical documents, and by testimonies of both prisoners and jailers. The “evidence” of evolution, however, is indirect and based on speculation.

Creationists Afraid to Accept Evolution

Our “strong resistance to evolution” does not spring from a “deep dislike for a scientific understanding of how nature works” or a fear that scientific explanations will crowd out God. The fact is we understand evolution too well to accept it.

Evidence of Evolution Topics

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  Natural Selection

  Is natural selection, which uses existing information leading to varations in organisms, proof of information-adding, molecules-to-man evolution?

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  “Vestigial” Organs

  Several organs have been labeled “vestigial” evolutionary relics with little or no function. These organs are now proving purposeful. It’s the label, not the organs, that is vestigial.

Articles About Evidence of Evolution

• Semi-Technical Magazine Article

  The New Origin of Species

  

  Nov. 6, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  A Harvard-trained geneticist shows how new findings have shattered Darwin’s best guesses about the origin of species.

• Semi-Technical

  Did “Life on Earth” Ever “Favour Evolution Over Creationism”?

  

  Nov. 28, 2020

  The observations of science continue to be consistent with the true history of life on Earth as recorded in the Word of God by the Creator of all that exists.

• “Common Design Means Common Ancestry”

  

  May 15, 2018 from Refuting Common Evolutionist Claims

  The argument “common design means common ancestry” falsely claims to prove an assumption about the past by pointing out similar body plans in organisms today.

• Book Chapter

  3.5 Vertebrates: Animals with Backbones

  March 28, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life

  Despite phenomenal fossil failure, faith in evolution remains unbounded.

• Book Chapter

  3.3 Invertebrates: Animals Without Backbones

  March 28, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life

  Trilobites are very famous as fossils and may have a lot to tell us about how life began.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Model: Evidence for Evolution?

  Aug. 14, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  We will discuss how instructors are using the Hardy-Weinberg Principle as evidence for molecules-to-man Darwinian Evolution, why this method of application is incorrect.

• Organ Recital: A Parade of Presumed Design Flaws Devoid of Truth

  Feb. 8, 2013

  Health column blames our propensity for physical problems on faulty body design, but evolutionary presuppositions obscure the real facts.

• Molecular Analysis Suggests Common Origin for Animal Vision

  Nov. 17, 2012

  Molecular analysis suggests a common origin for animal vision.

• In-Depth Article

  Brainfood: Cooking

  Nov. 10, 2012 from Answers in Depth

  Cooking: the key to evolutionary success

• Lamprey Larval Cough Clue to Evolutionary Origin of Breathing

  Oct. 20, 2012 from News to Know

  Lamprey larval cough said to be a clue to the evolutionary origin of breathing.

• Magazine Department Article

  Mission Minded

  Oct. 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine

  Recently well known paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey predicted that as more evidence for evolution is uncovered, doubters will ultimately accept it.

• Gecko Diversity and Evolution

  Aug. 4, 2012 from News to Know

  Gecko feet: Does their fabulous diversity make them the flagship for convergent evolution?

• Believing in Evolution

  Jan. 28, 2012 from News to Know

  Blogger displays his lack of understanding of creation science.

• Can Evolution be Proved through Religious Teachings?

  July 9, 2011 from News to Know

  Bungled baraminology does not beat us at our own game.

• Magazine Department Article

  Bedbugs Bite Evolution

  July 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  One of the latest claims of “evolution in action” comes via a new study of the lowly bedbug.

• Magazine Department Article

  Rigging the Numbers

  April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  Our cursed universe is not nearly as tidy as evolution forces people to assume.

• News that Proves Evolution?

  March 19, 2011 from News to Know

  It’s the news that, in the mind of one of our critics, “proved” evolution.

• Butterflies the Evolution Icon

  March 5, 2011 from News to Know

  They’re not quite peppered moths, but might black swallowtail butterflies be a new icon of evolution?

• Feedback Article

  Missing the Obvious

  Feb. 11, 2011 from Feedback

  Should the creation/evolution debate cease because the answer is “clear”? Join David Wright, AiG–U.S., in examining some common logical fallacies used to support an atheistic worldview.

• Evolutionary Faith

  Jan. 15, 2011 from News to Know

  Theoretical biophysicists have built a mathematical model showing how “protocells” could have originated from simple chemical interactions.

• "Top-Ten" List Declares Evidence of Evolution

  Dec. 11, 2010

  Are the evidences of evolution walking around with us every day? A recent “top ten” list answers in the affirmative.

• Wanting Proof

  Jan. 23, 2010

  Perhaps it’s a fault, but we can hardly pass up on responding to any study that, it’s claimed, “proves Darwin right.” But it’s no surprise that we find this “proof” wanting as well.

• Coral Reefs Seen as General Cradles of Evolution

  Jan. 16, 2010 from News to Know

  Are beautiful coral reefs Charles Darwin’s best friends? Perhaps so, for according to one team of paleontologists, they serve as “general cradles of evolution.”

• Four-Legged Animals Causing Evolution Problems

  Jan. 2, 2010 from News to Know

  The supposed earliest evidence of four-legged animals—at 395 million years old—sounds like a boon for evolutionary research.

• Horse Evolution Mix-up

  Dec. 12, 2009 from News to Know

  Some argue that the horse offers a “textbook example of evolution.” But does new research undo that claim?

• BBC News: “Mouse Set to be ‘Evolution Icon’”

  Sept. 5, 2009 from News to Know

  Peppered moths, move over! There’s a new alleged “icon of ‘evolution in action’” in town.

• Dawkins' Crusade

  Aug. 29, 2009 from News to Know

  Although we frequently decline to comment when individuals inveigh against creationists (especially because such comments are often redundant and misinformed), we can hardly help but respond to vocal atheist (and anti-creationist) Richard Dawkins.

• New York Times: “The Mistakes that Argue for Evolution”

  July 18, 2009 from News to Know

  The New York Times–News to Note conversation continues.

• Robots and Evolution

  June 6, 2009 from News to Know

  Laboratory scientists designing robots, then making changes to improve the robots’ success—is that really evolution?

• How You Can Help (Dis)prove Evolution

  April 4, 2009 from News to Know

  If you’re living in Europe, you’ve been asked to help find evidence for evolution in your backyard.

• Book Chapter

  Hasn’t Evolution Been Proven True?

  Feb. 10, 2009 from The New Answers Book 1

  Evolution is taken as fact by both unbelievers and some Christians. Monty White demonstrates that evolution has never been proven.

• Feedback Article

  Too Many Theories?

  Dec. 12, 2008 from Feedback

  Are competing models a bad thing for scientific research? A longtime reader of the site breaks the silence and challenges AiG with what the “evidence shows.” Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., responds.

• Proteins: Evidence For Evolution or Intelligent Design

  Nov. 15, 2008

  Proteins that act like “adaptive machines”—are they evidence for evolution or intelligent design?

• Magazine Department Article

  Fin Evidence

  Oct. 6, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  “Researchers Find Dolphin Loose with Remains of Legs,” blared some news reports.

• Frog that Lays Land and Water Eggs Seen as Evidence for Evolution

  May 24, 2008

  The hourglass treefrog from Panama is about to become an icon of evolution due to its strange egg-laying behavior.

• ABC News: Evolution Overwhelming and Compelling

  Jan. 5, 2008

  On Thursday night on American television, ABC News included a segment in its nightly news broadcast (World News Tonight with Charles Gibson) covering the National Academy of Sciences’ newly released book, Science, Evolution and Creationism, described as “a strongly-worded answer to the Creationist movement and the doubts about Darwin that many people express in polls and elsewhere.”

• Which is Better: Two Legs or Four?

  July 21, 2007

  To test the theory that “human ancestors began walking upright because it used less energy than quadrupedal walking,” scientists hooked five chimpanzees and four humans up to facemasks and placed them on a treadmill to measure their “energy expenditure and biomechanics.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Common Ancestor or Common Designer?

  July 6, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Homology is presented as solid evidence for biological evolution. Is there another explanation for the similarities among limbs?

• Magazine Department Article

  Museum Mania

  July 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Science museums in some of America’s largest cities have recently been staging major pro-evolution exhibits, each purporting to show how the fossil record supports molecules-to-man evolution.

• Robotic Study Shows Differences Between Walking and Swimming

  March 10, 2007

  European scientists formerly “puzzled” over the workings of a key episode in the story of evolution have developed a salamander-esque robot in an effort to elucidate an answer to the puzzle.

• Lizards Touted as Proving Evolution

  Nov. 18, 2006

  Scientists in the Bahamas have been carefully observing the leg lengths of brown anole lizards after scientists released predatory curly-tailed lizards onto the islands.

• Dolphin Found with “Remains of Legs”

  Nov. 5, 2006

  The following headline was featured Sunday morning (November 5) on Fox News Television: “Japanese Researchers Find Dolphin with Remains of Legs.”

• “Breakthrough” of the Year?

  Feb. 1, 2006 from Answers Update

  A cover story in the reputable journal Science evolution proclaimed evolution as the “breakthrough of the year” for 2005.

• Technical Research Paper

  Does Homology Provide Evidence of Evolutionary Naturalism?

  April 1, 2001, pp. 26–33

  A review of the literature on homology indicates that the theory does not provide evidence for evolutionary naturalism, and that the common examples of homology can be better explained by Creation.

• Has Evolution Really Been Observed?

  April 3, 1998

  Molecules-to-man evolution requires that non-intelligent processes could produce vast quantities of functional complex information.

• Magazine Article

  Evolution of a Phantom

  June 1, 1992, pp. 23–24

  A whole age of scientific endeavour was wasted searching for a phantom. It is time we stopped and looked at the facts. Natural sciences failed to supply any evidence for evolution.

• Magazine Article

  Similarities Don’t Prove Evolution

  March 1, 1992, pp. 30–31

  So-called homologous structures are no proof of common descent, so are no proof of evolution.

• Magazine Article

  No Proofs for Evolution

  June 1, 1991, pp. 17–18

  Genetics has no proofs for evolution.

• Magazine Article

  Supergerms—Do They Prove Evolution?

  March 1, 1989, pp. 14–17

  Lurking in even our finest hospitals is an unwelcome visitor—the supergerm. Doctors have exposed it to every available antibiotic, but it merrily goes on growing.