Apr 14
Evolution You Can See: Real-Time Evidence of Nature’s Ongoing Change
When people demand “show me the science” — meaning, “I want to see evolution happen with my own eyes, in a human lifetime” — they are often told that evolution belongs to a distant, geological past. The fossil record, radiometric dating, geological strata — these all point to change over millions or hundreds of millions of years. Yet that is not the full story. Evolution is not merely a relic of…
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