Theory of Evolution

You mentioned in your opening statement that only a fraction of scientists regard evolution as fact, which is EXTREMELY incorrect. It is the other way around, in 1987, only 700 out of 480,000 polled scientists disagreed with evolution. That was 30 years ago, now the number is even lower! Here's my source, there's an entire Wikipedia article just on this topic: https://en.wikipedia.org... You ask me to limit only to the discussion of humans, which I accept (however I will use other species for examples to aid in my points). You say because you are a follower of god, this means you can't possibly allow for yourself to believe in evolution, when in reality MANY people of faith also believe in evolution as it is literally a FACT. There is no debate on the topic, it is simply a fact. Even the pope agrees with evolution! http://www.independent.co.uk... I will now answer all 12 of your questions: 1. Your question had two parts: a. Homo sapiens stopped growing tails because our ancestors (the great apes) stopped climbing trees, and began walking upright. Without the need for a tail, it's growth became stunted (which can be seen in other species of monkeys and apes alive today). Eventually we lost the tail completely, but we can see we once had a tail due to the tailbone. b. This phenomenon (called evolution) is uniform in all humans because ALL humans came from the same ancestors who stopped climbing trees and lost their tails. 2. Well first off, apes aren't all transforming into intelligent, civilized creatures; as chimpanzees and gorillas are also the descendants of the great apes from which homo sapiens evolved from (they are evolving down their own paths). Secondly, the reason humans developed a strong intelligence is because it is an adaptation that is beneficial to survival. The way natural selection works is the strong survive. Intelligence was a strong adaptation that has led to our species surviving over our competors. 3. I can point out intermediate forms: https://rationalwiki.org... . The theory of evolution doesn't rely on presumptions and subjective human knowledge, it relies on objective evidence. Furthermore, it relies on the input of mostly atheist scientists because more it is more common for an atheist to support evolution, than someone who also believes in a creator. If you're asking why it relies on input from scientists, it's because those individuals study this field for their whole lives, which objectively makes them the best people to provide insight on the topic. 4. We are not fed with distorted and false claims. One of the key ideas to evolution is that EVERY species alive or dead is a transitional one. All species are constantly evolving, it's just such a slow process that it's difficult to notice. We don't have our ancestors alive today, we didn't evolve from chimps or gorillas, we evolved from the great apes (and so did gorillas and chimps). The reason those great apes we came from are no longer around is also due to another key idea of evolution, which is natural selection. When a new species develops that is better suited for the environment, it will out compete its competition (the old species). This results in extinction of the less suited species, which can be seen as all transitional fossils (from one specie to the next) are extinct, and went extinct in correlation with the emerging of the new species. 5. As mentioned before, you see modern apes because they evolved just as humans did. Their transformation has not stopped. They aren't transforming into humans because evolution doesn't 'know' what the best adaptations are, it just favors those which can survive the best. Intelligence does vastly aid in survival, but it isn't the end all of adaptations. Before humanity developed societies (a biproduct of consciousness), other species were much more suited for survival such as elephants, blue whales, etc. The reason all species aren't constantly becoming intelligent is because their environment doesn't always favor a more developed brain (could be gills, eyesight, etc). Research has been done to establish the fact that humans are in the process of transformation I'll provide a source (but seriously, you could've answered this with a quick google search): http://www.sciencemag.org... 6. We can see evolution (or rather, adaptation) occur in real time by studying bacteria (I'll attach a source). Furthermore, we can also observe adaptation (and thus evolution) occur by examining species such as Darwin's finches. Evolution doesn't just take evidence from fossils, in fact the most compelling evidence is from DNA (I will provide another source). https://www.sciencealert.com... http://humanorigins.si.edu... 7. This is question is almost identical to question 5. Refer to my previous answer. 8. Again, refer to my answer for question 5. 9. Refer to 5. 10. Primates can't make tools because they lack the intelligence to do so. They aren't engineers, doctors, lawyers, or scientists because these are all JOBS that humans created thousands of years after developing societies, all due to our consciousness, which is an widely unknown feature of our brains. Most scientists believe it is an accidental 'side effect' of our incredible intelligence. Since primates (or almost any other species for that matter) have much more primitive brains in comparison to us, they lack the ability to even make the most basic of tools. There's no way they'd have functioning societies as you mention. 11. Refer to 5. 12. Some intelligent primates do actually possess a degree of consciousness, as gorillas can be trained to learn sign language and can exhibit human like qualities (source attached). Even dolphins and orcas possess this ability and are known to develop regional language and cultures (source attached). However, our brains are much more developed than theirs so we have a higher degree of consciousness. Again, we don't fully understand consciousness, but we know that it is a bi-product of our intelligence. https://en.wikipedia.org... Science constantly changes because we don't always know what the truth is! That's the whole point of the scientific process, is to constantly question and test what we know. Yet, there are things that we ARE certain on (although certainty is something most scientist shy away from) such as tectonic plate movement, evolution, climate change, etc... Your last point is a joke, I'm afraid. The earth was theorized to be round for hundreds of years before the Koran was even written, the great Greek philosophers such as Pythagorean, developed the round earth theory in the 400-300s BC. https://en.wikipedia.org... All in all, I find your argument laughable. I am sorry to call you out like this, but so much of your debate is baseless, fact-less, and presumptuous. Did you do ANY research for the other side? Why would you try and debate a topic you know NOTHING about? I'm at a loss for words my friend...