Creation Biology

- Creation & Biology-

Evolution in History
The theory of evolution is not a product of the scientific enlightenment
~ Native American Totemism
Iroquois Turtle Clan
Choctaws Cray-Fish clan
Osages snail/beaver
~ Greek Philosphers
Thales of Miletus (640–546 BC)
Anaximander (611–547 BC)
Empedocles (493–435 BC)
~ Early Church Apologists (100’s – 300’s A.D.)
Paul (Acts 16:24-26, Colossians 2:8)
Augustine (City of God)

Evolution Breaking Through
~ Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Grandson of Erasmus Darwin
Influenced by Charles Lyell
Wrote extensively defending his version of evolution
~ Gregor Mendel
Darwin believed, mistakenly, in Lamarckism
Mendel explained that changes were the result of genes, not beheaviors
~ T.H. Huxley (1825-1895)
Passionately popularized Darwinian evolution

Evolution Overview
~ Defining Evolution
‘Evolution’ simply means change
‘Micro-evolution’ is change within a species (adaptation)
‘Macro-evolution’ is change of species (speciation)
‘Darwinian-evolution’ says all life evolved from one or a few lifeforms
~ Mechanisms
Darwinian Evolution is not an entirely ‘random’ process
‘Natural Selection’ (Survival of the Fittest) guides the process
‘Mutations’ (Accumulation of beneficial mutations)