Contrary to popular opinion, neither the term nor the idea of biological evolution began with Charles Darwin and his foremost work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859). ... Some common errors about the theory of evolution are illustrated by such questions asIf man evolved from the apes, then why are there still apes?? The theory of evolution is not equivalent to Darwinism. ... Note that the descent with modification hypothesis can be tested independently of any ideas about how it happened, the mechanism behind it. ... A particularly compelling example of speciation i...

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The bible was interpreted and written by man, who defines one day to be twenty four hours long. ... Many largely conflicting theories dealing with science and religion were first presented by one man, Charles Darwin. Darwin, who was trained as a minister, presented ideas in the mid eighteen hundreds never conceived, that started a controversy between science and religion that exists still today. ... Now on a personal note I have denied all agreements with Darwin on his opinions on the descent of man, but I agree and find it easy to adopt his ideas with natural selection. ... This does not...

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