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What is this irrefutable evidence?

I always hear people say the evolution is a 100% proven fact. Where is this evidence that proves it?

Update:

Sigh...You can't just say "Genetics" or "Biology" cause that's total crap. If you asked me what the evidence for God is I could say "Genetics and Biology" too.

I want some actual arguements and proof.

By the way...The question had nothing to do with whether God is proven. That's why I didn't defend that position in my question, so don't ask me where is the evidence for God. That's another question.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If you get the answer to this I would love to hear it. I find no evidence of any kind that indicates evolution is a factual. It is theory and only theory and no scientist has ever been able to provide incontrovertible proof that it is true.

  • mahall
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    For a start, it isn't 100% fact, however it can be considered as such in everyday life as it's not far off.

    One example of evidence in favour of evolution is the transitional fossil Tiktaalik. It is a fossil with features of both fish and amphibians, and not only does it fit in the fossil record exactly as it should, but it was found by using the fossil record and molecular genetics to predict where it would be- and there it was.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiktaalik

    http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/meetTik.html

    Source(s): Wikipedia, the Tiktaalik official site and the lectures I have at university.
  • 1 decade ago

    It's not a single piece of evidence, its all of it. Taken together it makes a unified picture. All of genetics supports common descent. Here is a single example of a pattern that cannot be explained by special creation.

    Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, all other apes have 24. If the common ancestor would have had a single number. Parsimony indicates this ancestor had 24.

    Since chromosomes cannot just disappear, where did it go? Fusions are rather common. Comparing banding patterns shows that human 2 lines up with two ape chromosomes. Genomic sequencing shows the genes line up as well.

    The kicker is human 2 has two centromeres (structure at the center of a chromosome, there is usually one), corresponding to the 2 ape chromosomes. It also has interior telomeres (they are normally only at the ends). Telomeres are directional, and they indicated a fusion, right where the ape chromosomes end.

    Human 2 is the result of a fusion event. There is no other reasonable explanation. Such a fusion supports common descent and not special creation.

    I can give several hundred other examples.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I agree with you. And fortunately or unfortunately, I also believe in the bible. Put both together and it's quite a conglomeration. But that's what happens when you ask the kinds of questions that you put forth. What is REFUTABLE is your use of the word irrefutable. Is there any proof that the word irrefutable exists. Not. But so what? Who cares? Have a happy new year anyway.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If you were the least bit interested, you could read any science text. Evolution is well established; the evidence is overwhelming and available for all to examine. The fact that you are unaware of this demonstrates profound ignorance. Shame on you.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ...everywhere?

    Have you seen how closely-related we are to apes? Have you seen how animals all have a lot in common? Have you seen how the fossil record looks? You'd have to keep your eyes shut all the time not to see evolution.

    Plus, recently, scientists have proven it with bacteria. You take a culture of bacteria. Bacteria reproduce so fast that we can see thousands of generations in a few years. Inject an antibiotic. As they reproduce, the ones with a beneficial mutation live on. The ones that don't have it, die. Evolution through natural selection. Right there.

    Read a middle-school science book.

  • 1 decade ago

    It is just a theory, there is no evidence to support it, the people that claim 100% proven fact are liars.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Evolution is not 100% proven fact. It's just a theory, hence the THEORY in EVOLUTIONARY THEORY. It just has more evidence then any other theory.

  • 1 decade ago

    When was god proven to be 100% fact? Where is the evidence?

    EDIT: This question is the SAME as yours. If you can't prove god exists then evolution would be unquestionable and vice versa.

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