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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
A few things to keep in mind about evolution are:
1) Evolutionary theory itself does not purport to explain how what we call "life" began from non-living chemicals. That is a separate field known as abiogenesis.
2) There are different theories within evolution. The general idea is just that you have gradual changes that occur in life forms over time, with the ones that work best for survival retained because those particular life forms with those changes are more able to survive and reproduce, and pass on those same changes to their off-spring. Over enough time, organisms become distinct enough through these changes that they are separate species.
3) Criticisms within the scientific community regarding certain aspects of evolutionary theory are not attacks on evolution as a construct itself. The same happens in other sciences, such as astronomy---there are multiple models of Big Bang theory for example.
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Give me an example of the over time evolution in the abstract...as in an ape becoming a homo sapien....