Whenever there's an evolution vs creationism debate, it's automatically assumed that the burden of proof lies with evolution, and that creationism is right until proven wrong.

You don't learn biology in a tertiary institution without learning about evolution. Modern classification of organisms is drawn out of evolutionary linkages. Whenever someone publishes an observation on some life, relationships are drawn to the theory.

Like it or not, evolution theory is now mainstream in the likes of quantum theory's description of subatomic particles, and general relativity's description of cosmic gravitation. Theories in science are not ultimate truths, but they represent the best description of our observations.

There's just no evidence that favors God, else biology will be centered around creationism, and not evolution.

Does it mean that there's no better theory than evolution? We don't know. There may be evidence that we've not discovered. At the moment, it represents our best picture at the evidence. This picture is definitely better than that of creationism which lacks absolutely any evidence.




This is a common argument; evolution fails because it cannot be entirely conclusive so opponents to the theory declare that we therefore need a more definitive theory. They point that Biblical creationism explains more gray areas and therefore must be correct.

This is a flawed argument. A good theory explains the evidence. Theories can have boundaries, such as General Relativity's inability to explain quantum gravity.
A good theory is not simply any theory that answers the most questions, without any evidence.
So yes, we are stuck in a position we have to admit our knowledge of the subject is incomplete. But that's better than blindly just believing in something entirely without evidence.

This post has been edited by nexous: Apr 11 2010, 10:34 PM

Remember too that early humans were hunter-gatherers. They are far from our notions of a civilized species but they are humans nevertheless.

They probably exhibited very simple social behavior, with simple forms of language not different from those found among the greater apes. For a very long time, we probably communicated like how cats do, using cues. Even if they have the greater mental capacity, nuclear physics isn't introduced overnight.