The Obligate Carnivore Hypothesis and the Genesis Account of Creation 12-29-2018 by Craig Wescoe
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2018-12-30

What does it mean for an animal to be an obligate carnivore? The hypothesis that certain kinds of animals require consumption of other animals to survive has recently been challenged through laboratory experimentation, primarily on cats. In light of the results of these findings, we examine whether the data better support a long life evolutionary view of animals or the biblical account of short life intelligent design laid out in Genesis.

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