Who developed the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin, an english zoologist and naturalist who met a lot of persons from all the world and made trips and expeditions to discover about the nature. In that time, the christianity was the greatest power in England and everyone who doubt about was seen as a traitor. Charles Darwin never denied God's excistance, he never even declare that he was an atheist, he just wanted to see the world with other eyes, he wanted to discover and, at the end, he wrote 2 books about his theory that changed the mind of much people and now, right now, 200 years later, his theory is still valid.
One of Darwin's most revolutionaries ideas was that all living things on earth are related, all living things have a common ancestor, they all are connected to each other like branches of the "tree of life".
The 3.8 million year-old organism is the beginning of every single living thing now days, it gave rise to all subsequent life forms.
One of Darwin's most revolutionaries ideas was that all living things on earth are related, all living things have a common ancestor, they all are connected to each other like branches of the "tree of life".
The 3.8 million year-old organism is the beginning of every single living thing now days, it gave rise to all subsequent life forms.
Components and Roots of Evolution
"Evolution has important components which are Natural Selection, Macro-evolution, and Micro-evolution. Evolution as a theory existed long before any evidence for its components was recorded. Scientific studies eventually were able to interpret data through an evolutionary viewpoint and link these core concepts into the modern theory of evolution."
Natural selection is the "machine" that drives evolution. This mechanism causes those organisms that are "abnormal" to survive an environmental change, making them the "new normal", this ocurrs because of mutations which the organism passes to their descendants and this mechanism decides if that genetic modification is good or not to make the organism survive, if it is, natural selection will make that the descendants of this descendant adquiere that genetic modification to survive easily. Over time, according to the Theory of Evolution, this can cause an organism to change into a totally different form of life. Some evidence of natural selection has been seen in nature, but not to an extent that would change a species in any meaningful way. Every genetic mutation that science has observed changing the form or function of an organism has resulted in handicap or death. It does, however, mean that an ecosystem is vulnerable to rapid change, since organisms that cannot adapt will usually die.
"Nobody disputes Micro-Evolution. It is universally agreed that wolves, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, foxes, and the hundreds of different domestic dog breeds probably all came from an original pair of "dogs." This is Variations within a Kind, NOT upward evolution from simplicity into complexity as supposed by Darwinian Evolutionary Theory. The variations are always in a downward trend and are constrained by the genetic code (the dogs do not grow wings and learn to fly). No new genetic information is added, genetic information is always lost: The original pair of "dogs" would have had all of the potential characteristics of all of their various progeny, while the descendants themselves have lost that same potential. The Dog Kind has given birth to many species which in turn became isolated gene pools. The original parents would have had all of the potential traits expressed in all of their various offspring. This is all science has ever observed. There is no known process by which genetic information can be added."
"While Micro-Evolution (Variations within a Kind) is observed and well documented, Macro-Evolution is not and thus highly disputable. Macro-Evolution is transition from one Kind of plant or animal into another. Macro-evolution involves large or important changes in the basic function of an organism. This cannot happen during a single organism's life, so it can only be the result of a series of genetic mutations. Every genetic mutation involving form or function observed in laboratories has either been fatal, crippling, or self-reversing. For instance, some bacteria with genetic deviations have survived antibiotics better than those without, but died out quickly once the antibiotics were gone. Macro-evolution is the evolutionists' explanation for how the billions of diverse species on earth came about - Variation from one Kind to another."
Natural selection is the "machine" that drives evolution. This mechanism causes those organisms that are "abnormal" to survive an environmental change, making them the "new normal", this ocurrs because of mutations which the organism passes to their descendants and this mechanism decides if that genetic modification is good or not to make the organism survive, if it is, natural selection will make that the descendants of this descendant adquiere that genetic modification to survive easily. Over time, according to the Theory of Evolution, this can cause an organism to change into a totally different form of life. Some evidence of natural selection has been seen in nature, but not to an extent that would change a species in any meaningful way. Every genetic mutation that science has observed changing the form or function of an organism has resulted in handicap or death. It does, however, mean that an ecosystem is vulnerable to rapid change, since organisms that cannot adapt will usually die.
"Nobody disputes Micro-Evolution. It is universally agreed that wolves, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, foxes, and the hundreds of different domestic dog breeds probably all came from an original pair of "dogs." This is Variations within a Kind, NOT upward evolution from simplicity into complexity as supposed by Darwinian Evolutionary Theory. The variations are always in a downward trend and are constrained by the genetic code (the dogs do not grow wings and learn to fly). No new genetic information is added, genetic information is always lost: The original pair of "dogs" would have had all of the potential characteristics of all of their various progeny, while the descendants themselves have lost that same potential. The Dog Kind has given birth to many species which in turn became isolated gene pools. The original parents would have had all of the potential traits expressed in all of their various offspring. This is all science has ever observed. There is no known process by which genetic information can be added."
"While Micro-Evolution (Variations within a Kind) is observed and well documented, Macro-Evolution is not and thus highly disputable. Macro-Evolution is transition from one Kind of plant or animal into another. Macro-evolution involves large or important changes in the basic function of an organism. This cannot happen during a single organism's life, so it can only be the result of a series of genetic mutations. Every genetic mutation involving form or function observed in laboratories has either been fatal, crippling, or self-reversing. For instance, some bacteria with genetic deviations have survived antibiotics better than those without, but died out quickly once the antibiotics were gone. Macro-evolution is the evolutionists' explanation for how the billions of diverse species on earth came about - Variation from one Kind to another."
Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Xky7yqZ6k
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/index.html
http://www.allaboutscience.org/what-is-evolution-faq.htm