The opinions stated above are yours. You cannot imagine why you ever felt otherwise. I have always admired the insular closed-mindedness which fundamentalists possess, a quality which allows them to filter the chaff from the wheat. And eat the chaff. Paleontology shows a fossil sequence, the list of species represented changes through time.
Taxonomy shows biological relationships among species.
Evolution is the explanation that threads it all together. The quality of every students education will be degraded because some believe their mythology supercedes the rights of others to be educated. I said nothing because I don't deal drugs. Then they took the sixth amendment. I was silent because I know I'm not guilty.