Evolution

Evolution is a theory which explains how life on Earth developed. At its heart, it proposes that all species, including human beings, are formed by way of a gradual process of mutation from other species. According to this theory, humans are related to gorillas and reptiles because they share common ancestors. They are like distant cousins with the same grandparents. The important difference is that millions of generations separate them! Amazingly, evolutionary theory even suggests that we share a common ancestor with all organisms on earth.The overwhelming majority of scientists today accept evolutionary theory as fact. Yet, the theory has only existed for about two hundred years. Before then, religious understandings of the origins of human life were accepted as truth by most people. The world’s major religions argue that humans have existed in the same form since the beginning of time, as created by God. When French scientist Chevalier de Lamarck first presented some arguments for the theory of evolution in 1809, they were quickly dismissed.