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Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

I've studied a lot of Biology and to me evolution has indeed been proved.The way science uses the word "theory" is not the same as the way its used by the general public. The general public uses the word "theory" to describe an assumption, something that may or may not be true, something not proved. Science however, uses it in quite a different context. "Theory" for science is the explanation of how something works. Not an assumption of how it may work, but a thorough and well examined explanation of how it works. Nothing is given the status of a "theory" in science unless it has been tested over and over and over again and proved by other sciences and observation. Take gravity for example. There is the Law of Gravity, which says that things tend to fall downward. Then there is the Theory of Gravity, which explains what Gravity is, what causes it, and how it works. Its not an "assumption" of how it works. Its a proved explanation of it. I have come across many religious people that see evolution as a threat to what they believe. They say it contradicts the theory that God created man. But at no point has the theory of evolution ever claimed to know WHO created the building blocks or the why. In my opinion, there is a way to accept both. If you believe that God created man then evolution is the way by which he went about doing it. What's wrong with that?
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Maths is the only branch of science that offers 100% proof of its arguments. Evolution while backed up by a massive amount of evidence could never be proved beyond all doubt as there is always the chance that evidence has been misinterpreted. People used to believe that the world was flat and look what happened to that idea! Ok so science has come a long way since then but we still have huge bias in the fossil record and gaps in our knowledge that will probably never be filled. We will never be completely sure.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

For (Macro-)Evolution Theory to be valid, laws of nature that are generally accepted as true and standard must be repeatedly denied. The typical outcome of a dramatic mutation is that it: (1) does not reproduce in the mutated form to a successful degree, (2) is often sterile, and (3) has low survivability rates. (Macro-)Evolution Theory supposes that these natural limitations to mutation were repeatedly set aside over innumerable generations in an ever-succeeding pattern that defies the standards known to exist - and, further, that this denial continued successfully over millions of years.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

1st: Evolution does not require dramatic mutation. Most evolution occurs through small incremental mutations over many many generations. (If it helps, imagine how people age. From day to day there are no obvious differences, but over long periods of time, people can look completely different then they did when they were younger.)2nd: We have seen significant mutations occur that do not affect the viability of the organisms offspring.3rd: We have actually seen evolution occur, even to the point of speciation.4th: You're dumb to think that you know more than every biologist on earth.In short, you're wrong because you are distinguishing between micro and macro evolution. Macro evolution is the same thing as micro evolution, just on a larger time scale.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

In fact, there is a substantial issue with this stage-by-stage development. According to evolutionary theory, organisms develop in stages. That might seem reasonable. Indeed, it is quite possible for organisms to adapt to their surroundings, but that does not explain the necessarily complex processes that would occur as one species evolves into another. If there is a requirement for a life form to begin this development, it will never be met. That is because even if the first phases of this biological development were to occur, they would produce useless structures, and ultimately these would be bred out in offspring.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

yes,it has been proved we live in a SCIENCE-FI world and if we don't believe in SCIENCE it is foolishness
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Evolution is basically common sense once you put down your bible and get out of the church. All evolution is is adaptation over a long period of time. For instance: All human life began in Africa. The tribes spread all over the world and adapted to their climate. That is why we have so many different groups of people.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

There is far too much scientific evidence in the world today to deny the evolutionary theory.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Evolution is proven every year in fact. The influenza virus, it evolves every year and needs new vaccines, people aren't given the same flu vaccine every year, it's needed re-tailoring to fit the existing virus.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

If people don't except Biology proves then we cannot use forensic evidence in court, period. And yes, we do use it. Therefore, micro/macro evolution is very REAL!
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Beyond proven. We see animals have changed from fossil records. We have proof of trnsitional species in both human origins and dinosaur origins in fossils with dino and bird traits. We even have new DNA proof that birds descended from certain dino species and humans were related to neanderthal. it was darwin who first discovered that species change. A devoutly religious man for his entire life. He saw things that did not make sense in the view of religion. He found fossils of animals that did not exsist that were replaced by different but similar species. he also saw birds of exactly the same genetics on one in the Galapogas islands that only varied by beak type between each island. They had changed to accomodate their food type. whether you like it or not evolution went from theory to scientific fact with the use of advanced scientific methods and technology.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Of course it has. I'm not going into full detail of this evidence here in my post, but there is a vast amount of evidence proving it true.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

The fact thathuman embryos have tails, indicate that we share ancestries with an animal that had a tail.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

The fact that snakes sometimes mutate and have hind legs, show that they mutated from an animal that used to have legs.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

All mammal embryos seem to transitions from fish to amphibians to reptiles and then to mammals.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

It has because you can see resemblences and time lapses and the scientists have worked on showing the way of how things came to be instead of stories and such.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Yes, anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what evolution is.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Yes, only people who don't know what it is don't think so.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

I don’t understand how people book of genesis literally even though it’s completely illogical, has no evidence at all, the myth it’s self has been proven impossible on multiple occasions and there is overwhelming scientific evidence contradicting it.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

If you ask me, evolution is a thing, not a debateEvolution is what makes life possible, it allows organismsto adapt to the environment as it changes, its responsible for huge diversityand complicity of live on earth. Which not only provides organises with sourceof food and healthy competition, it also gives us some truly awesome stuff tomarvel at. And even tho Evolution makes living thing different from oneanother, it also shows us how we are all the same. All live, every single thingthat’s alive on earth today, can claim the same shared heritage. Having descendedfrom the very first microorganism, when life originated on this planet 3.8million years ago.There are people who will say that this is all random ( which it isn't ) and that this clumsy process could not be responsible for the majestic beauty of our world. And to them people I say well at least we can agree that our world is beautiful. There are 2 kinds of people in the world,the people who are excited about the power and beauty of evolution and thosewho don’t understand.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Evolution has two meanings. First is means life changes and that is a fact. Second it is a theory and as a Scientific theory it has massive support, but it can not be proven. Science does not work that way.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

I would say it has. Evolution is just the change in frequency of alleles within a population. We have seen that many times. If you look at DNA you can get a rough estimate of when two organisms last ancestor was. You can see the beginning of reproductive isolation in species. In plants sometimes diploid turn to tetraploids. They can only produce sterile offspring. One prediction of evolution that holds true is that soldiers should be hard to identify. Since species is a man made term we should expect to see things that are somewhere between species and we do. Look at the Endler livebearer. It is considered a Skechers by some, but can create fertile offspring with the common guppy.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

It is the best theory we have as of yet, It has been proven to take place, and it has be accepted by the scientific community. So i would say yes.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

And more importantly, predictions have been made, based on the theory of evolution that have been verified, e.g. intermediate species that scientists predicted, have actually been found.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

Indeed, although what we find is often the result of what we look for. In other words, we often define evidence according to what we expect it to be. As such our evidence is therefore often a result of our expectation rather than objective scientific study.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

I do agree with you on this point.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Evolution has indeed been scientifically proven. The trick here is to ask ourselves what the constraints of the scientific method is and how that affects our understanding of evolution.I trust the science that proves evolution, what I don't trust is the derivative opinions on why and how it happens. The how is still a very uncertain subject (due to its complexities) and the why (being a philosophical question, requiring value judgments rather than scientific deduction) is outside of the realm of the scientific method.That being said, science has a fundamental assumption that influences its outcomes. It is the assumption that it is humanly possible to fully explain nature through analytical study. Whether it can or cannot be done is an entire debate in its own right, but that core assumption is reflected in the conviction that evolution entirely explains the process of life. Which of course it doesn't.So, the fact that evolution has been scientifically defined, tested and found to be so has very little effect on what we believe the reason and purpose of evolution is. It may be a proven theory, but it is still a very incomplete theory.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Evolution is a fact as defined. Technically speaking, proofs only exist in mathematics. I suspect the questioner is confusing the theory of evolution by natural selection with evolution as a concept.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

The fact that this argument nearly has the dissenting side winning is a great testament to how far this site has to go before it becomes a credible place to argue intellectually.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

There is currently a problem with the site's algorithm where favouring or opposing an argument doesn't neccessarilly give your "points" to correct side of the debate. The "no it hasn't" side is far more heated, and as such when people use the favour and oppose buttons to reply, they are inadvertently giving their vote to the wrong side.I've bought this issue up with CreateDebate and it is being fixed.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: Darwin was right

Well we had to ocme form somewhere not juut out of the blue and DNA don't lie when it says our DNA is 98% the same as a slug. That is a shocker I bet. We are more related to slugs then primates if you go by that. And to say a living thing won't change if it's enviorment does is kinda silly since then it could not surivie an we would not be around or life for that matter,life is always adapting and changing,over tme of course.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

I think there is more proof that species evolve than there is that they were created.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

I often write articles, and as I reread them I fix my mistakes, edit some paragraphs and then, before publishing it, I have an editor look it through. He changes it again until the article reflects it true purpose.As such the article evolved, yet it was created.The point is that evolution is not necessarily evidence against the possibility of a creator. It may in fact be proof of one.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

A more appropriate description of evolution-as-literature would be to present an article you have written that is selectively transformed into a book or an article that diverges over time into multiple variations of itself to communicate with a new audience, each variation existing independent of the other forms and without replacing these variations.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Indeed, but it doesn't make the argument invalid.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

why doe the flu evolve every year?
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

After variation and mutation, however, they are still viruses, and in the same family (as far as I know). Do the current viruses we see exhibit characteristics that would put them in a different family when compared with the earliest recorded viruses?It seems that the variation of a virus is observational proof of variation within a species/family, but doesn't necessarily demonstrate the traversal from one to another.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

Viruses mutate when replicating, and these variations can cause beneficial results such as resistance to medications. However, this does not imply evolution. The definitions are very important in this debate.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Yes, the fossil record provides more than enough evidence. Religious fanatics like to ignore evidence, and repeat nonsense statements such as "It doesn't explain where everything came from in the first place" when evolution is not even an attempt to explain where everything came from. It's the Catholic church and round earth theory all over again...
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Evolution really is true but as we all know the main reason of how we evolve is because of God our lord. We really doesn't know if what is the specific date God created then World. is it day of the earth? or day of the heaven
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

It is still a theory because it can not be proven in such a small time period. However it is almost absolutely likely to be correct.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

No, that's incorrect.We've proven that genetic mutations happen, it's logical that the species that are best suited to their environment will survive, ergo we can assume that Evolution through Natural Selection happens.Not only that, but we've witnessed species such as Mayflies undergo evolutionary changes (small changes, yes, but changes none the less)Saying that it can't be proven in such a small time period is like saying that we can't prove that Pluto will orbit the sun all the way. We haven't known about it long enough to watch it go all the way around, but we can assume that it will simply because we know the mechanics behind it, just like we know the mechanics behind evolution.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

No, that is also incorrect.When a genetic mutation occurs in the brain it causes cancer...somtimes. Also sometimes not. But that said what is being argued ergo the question at hand, that is: Has evolution been scientifically proved, has not here been fully addressed. Or has it?What is observed in mayflies living within the environment (but never outside of one) can only be the only basis of the only possible conclusion which is - uncertain. But that is known; we haven't assumed enough of the mechanics behind the mechanics behind evolutionary action.while evolution may take our life,it will never take (pause) our FREDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Please learn what a theory is, please.....................................................
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

No, of course it has not been proven scientifically. Many things have not been proven though that we know for sure to be true. Universal Gravitation has not been proven, but no one would deny that it exists. Similarly, micro evolution, organisms adapting to the environment, definitely exists. Macro evolution, the evolution of one species to another, and the idea of a common ancestor, is not quite as widely accepted. However, there is a very strong case for it. Note that evolution does not explain the creation of earth or life, simply the changes of life over enormous amounts of time.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

So, if you have multiples micro evolution on the same origin species where it changes so dramatic that it looks obviously different from its origin. What do you call that? um um ummm Super duper multiple micro evolution?
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

Multiple micro evolution never made a new animal or organism...The scenario made was merely fantasy...
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

That is where you are wrong.The old argument that layers of sediment were deposited by the biblical flood are unsubstantial.Just because i found fish bones in my trash can does that mean they were deposited there by the flood too?The creationists need to re-examine the scriptures for where it talks about Darwin's book: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life."This preservation of favourable variations and the rejection of injurious variations, I call Natural Selection."-DarwinIf anything the battles between races in the bible would support Darwin's theory.And gravity is due to cosmic evolution, which operates at a cosmological time scale, not a geological one; So space-time while continuing to expand, has not been known to contract from our four dimensional perspective. Although antimater has been annihilated with Lithium in collider experiments under laboratory conditions to release pure energy. But this is generally known.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

From my understanding, the rest of the world accept the fact that we're evolved from something as remote as a an ape. The only groups of people that don't accept are people who don't learn evolution biology where they believe in monotheist religion. If you belong in those group of people, you are considered to be very bias, unprofessional, no intelligent, emo, childish person. The prove for a monotheist religion is just 1 book. If you believe in to be so holly, then I guess my bible is science. The foundation of 3 Newton's law in physics, quantum mechanic, Darwinian Evolutionary Theory, etc, are much more creditable that a single holly book. In fact, even with all claimed holy book in the world are not as valuable as a single basic physics book alone.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Macro does not exist, evolution is evolution and we HAVE seen "macro" evolution many times. Go back to school.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

There is no such thing as micro and macro evolution............................................
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

No. That's why it is called "Evolutionary Theory," not "The Law of Evolution."
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Try reading what Scientific Theory means before spewing nonsense.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

Contra the "Evolutionary Theory", which is the selection of the fittest,*is the "Antievolutionary Theory", which is the antiselection of the unfittest. While this theory may be logically equivalent, it is still not accepted by the scientific community, but rather has been a victim of its own theory and been antiselected.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

Charles Darwin wrote about The Theory of Biological Evolution not Antievolution just because the word Anti- is in front of something it does not make it correct mate.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

In science, theory is something that has been proven that it works no problem. Law is something that has been proven that there is no other way that it couldn't work. The margin of what theory and law are just so small that the scope of the reality as we know tends to follow on the discovered evidences.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

The THEORY of evolution breaks not one, but TWOscientific laws. One of which is the Law of thermodynamics. A law is fact, a theory is theory. When a theory contradicts a fact, it is wrong. Why people continue trying to trace their lineage to primates is beyond me. Well...its not beyond me any more....
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

The problem with this question is what is the definition of "evolution" and "proven"?
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has

For instance, in the Do you believe in God debate, someone said I haven't seen an audio or video file, so there's no proof. Well, if that's the standard, show me the audio/video file of a human evolving from whatever its ancestor was (which I don't know what it is, does anyone?). Unless we have different standards based on our need?
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

The processes of evolution have been observed. This does not necessarily encompass the theory of a common ancestor, but rather the processes involved to make such a reality.We've documented this. Evolution, strictly speaking, is fact.
Debate: Has evolution been scientifically proved?
Side: It has not

If you put it this way, then I guess we all can't rely on the evidence from CSI to solve crime right? All the evidence from CSI is all bogus and should be disregard. More than half of the crimes that we have are resolved in wrong judgement. So is that where we are at right now?