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? asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 7 years ago

Is common descent a theory or a fact?

If you don't know what fact means in science here is a good starting point

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact#Fact_in_science

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    Common decent is a fact. It is one of the facts that make up the theory of evolution.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Well, it's not a theory, because a theory is:

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

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Fact. Research on DNA has been verified over and over again.

    ...which is the strongest evidence we have for common ancestry.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Theory of Evolution

    As far as I know that's still what it's called.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Fact

    It is one of the observations that supports evolutionary theory.

    As if there weren't enough facts already.

  • Sly Phi AM
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Its a fact.

  • Space Wasp
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Both.

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