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Debunking Anti-Evolution Arguments

1. The document summarizes a student's activity response about arguments made by anti-evolutionists and the scientific evidence that supports evolution. It includes a table with 5 arguments anti-evolutionists make against evolution and the corresponding evidence from science. 2. The student explains that what generally hinders the public's understanding and acceptance of evolution is taking it too literally, such as thinking humans descended directly from monkeys. Some disagree due to strong religious beliefs in creation as described in scripture rather than scientific facts. 3. The student acknowledges evolution remains controversial but attributes misunderstandings to literal interpretations of evolution and prioritizing religious beliefs over scientific evidence.

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Debunking Anti-Evolution Arguments

1. The document summarizes a student's activity response about arguments made by anti-evolutionists and the scientific evidence that supports evolution. It includes a table with 5 arguments anti-evolutionists make against evolution and the corresponding evidence from science. 2. The student explains that what generally hinders the public's understanding and acceptance of evolution is taking it too literally, such as thinking humans descended directly from monkeys. Some disagree due to strong religious beliefs in creation as described in scripture rather than scientific facts. 3. The student acknowledges evolution remains controversial but attributes misunderstandings to literal interpretations of evolution and prioritizing religious beliefs over scientific evidence.

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  • Evolution Arguments Table
  • Narrative on Evolution Controversy

STS

Name: Quillao, Sunshine C.


Course, Year, and Section: BSA 1-15
Activity name and number: Activity 04 - Intellectual revolutions that
defined society: Darwin

A. Complete a table like the one below by writing five arguments that anti-
evolutionist says about evolution, and what does evidence/science say about
evolution. An italicized example is given below. (10 points)

What Anti-evolutionists Say What does science/evidence say

Theory and hypothesis are not the same.


Theory is a corroborated explanation of an
E.g., Evolution is just a theory aspect of the natural world. It has been
repeatedly confirmed and accepted as
‘true’.

Humans did not evolve from monkeys.


Instead, monkeys and humans share a
1. If humans descended from
common ancestor from which both evolved
monkeys, why are there still
around 25 million years ago. This
monkeys?
evolutionary relationship is supported both
by the fossil record and DNA analysis.

The evolutionary process of speciation is


how one population of a species changes
2. Nobody has ever seen a new
over time to the point where that population
species evolve.
is distinct and can no longer interbreed with
the "parent" population.

Since life has had 4 billion years to evolve


3. Does not the second law of
on Earth, the theory of evolution does not
thermodynamics disprove
appear to be threatened by the second law
evolution?
of thermodynamics.

Natural selection is the process in which


4. Natural selection is based on
populations of living organisms adapt and
circular reasoning: the fittest
change. Organisms adapt on their
are those who survive, and
environment and not just depend on being
those who survive are
naturally fit. Adaptation is important in
deemed fittest.
environment.

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Microbial life forms have been discovered
on Earth that can survive and even thrive at
extremes of high and low temperature and
5. Evolution cannot explain how
pressure, and in conditions of acidity,
life first appeared on Earth.
salinity, alkalinity, and concentrations of
heavy metals that would have been
regarded as lethal just a few years ago.

B. Evolution has been a controversial subject even to this date, what do you think
hinders the general public from embracing or understanding it?

The most common thing that makes people not understand the
theory of evolution is that they are taking it on its literal understanding.
They think that no man came from monkeys and no one can explain how
life started on Earth. Some people think this way but some people think
and believe on the creation of the Lord God. The relationship of organisms
and evolution of man were not explained by the Bible scientifically but
because of people’s strong faith and belief in religion, they just base the
origin of life on Biblical scriptures without scientific facts and evidences
from scientists.

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