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Evolution implies that animals suffered and died for billions of years before human beings appeared. This implies that God is not really a God of mercy and grace, because the suffering was not necessary to create human beings for fellowship with himself. This, in turn, implies that the loving God of the Bible does not exist.

...If death and suffering mean God was not a god of grace and mercy before humanity, then the same conditions today mean he still is not such a god. It is not for us to tell God how to do his job. There is no justification to claim that from God's point of view, death and suffering are not the...

For years, evolutionists have hailed the chimpanzee as "our closest living relative" and have pointed out that the DNA is 98 to 99 percent identical between the two. Scientists now say the difference is 4 percent, double what they have been claiming for years.

The difference between chimpanzees and humans due to single-nucleotide substitutions averages 1.23 percent, of which 1.06 percent or less is due to fixed divergence, and the rest being a result of polymorphism within chimp populations and within human populat...

Britten, Roy J. 2002. Divergence between samples of chimpanzee and human DNA sequences is 5% counting indels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 99: 13633-13635. Chen, F.-C., E. J. Vallender, H. Wang, C.-S. Tzeng, and W.-H. Li. 2001. Genomic divergence between human and...

Evolution does not explain how humans became so intelligent.

...consistent with evolutionary theory. What remains to be explained is why human brains are significantly larger (relative to body size) than brains of other animals. Several hypotheses have been proposed, including the following: Greater intelligence allows more effective foraging, especially...

.... Kaplan, H., K. Hill, J. Lancaster and A. M. Hurtado, 2000. A theory of human life history evolution: diet, intelligence, and longevity. Evolutionary Anthropology 9: 156-185. http://www.soc.upenn.edu/courses/2003/spring/soc621_iliana/readings/kapl00d.pdf

Evolution does not explain human personality, emotions, and the human mind in general, which make man distinct from animals.

Once the brain and consciousness have evolved, emotions, personality, and mind may be unavoidable. They certainly have selective advantage. Emotions serve to motivate us. And people without personality tend not to get la...

Konner, Melvin, 2002. The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit , New York: Henry Holt and Co. Previous Claim: CB421 | List of Claims | Next Claim: CB440 created 2003-4-31, modified 2004-5-27

Modern man is said to have evolved until about 100,000 years ago and then to have stopped evolving. Evolution since that time, it is claimed, has been "cultural and social evolution." Biological evolution is unknown among humans in historical times.

There is evidence that humans have evolved in the last several thousand years and continue to evolve. Analysis of variation in the human genome indicates that genes associated with brain size have evolved over approximately the last 37,000 yea...

...73: 1856-1862. Durham, William H. 1992. Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Evans, Patrick D. et al. 2005. Microcephalin , a gene regulating brain size, continues to evolve adaptively in humans. Science 309: 1717-1720. Hawks, John et al....

The fossil humerus KP 271 is an apparently human fossil from four million years ago, which, according to the standard evolutionary model, is well before the appearance of modern humans.

Even a humerus from a chimpanzee looks similar to a human humerus; it should not be surprising that the humerus from a closer relative would look even more similar. However, the anatomical evidence strongly indicates that the specimen is not human and is a good match with...

Lague, M. R. and W. L. Jungers, 1996. Morphometric variation in Plio-Pleistocene hominid distal humeri. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 101: 401-427. Previous Claim: CC052 | List of Claims | Next Claim: CC061 c...

Evolution is the foundation of an immoral worldview.

...Any morals derived from evolution would have to recognize the fact that humans have evolved to be social animals. In a social setting, cooperation and even altruism lead to better fitness (Wedekind and Milinski 2000). The process of evolution leads naturally to social animals such as humans...

...Wedekind, C. and M. Milinski. 2000. Cooperation through image scoring in humans. Science 288: 850-852. See also Nowak, M. A. and K. Sigmund, 2000. Shrewd investments. Science 288: 819-820.

Evolution promotes racism.

...be their distinct "kinds." This gave rise to a misleading conception of human races, in which different races are thought of as separate and distinct. Darwinism helps eliminate typological thinking and with it the basis for racism. Genetic studies show that humans are remarkably homogeneous...

Esterhuysen, Amanda and Jeannette Smith, 1998. Evolution: 'the forbidden word'? South African Archaeological Bulletin 53: 135-137. Quoted from Stear, J., 2004. It's official! Racism is an integral part of creationist dogma. http://noanswersingenesis.org.au/aig_and_ra...

Creationism and Human Evolution The usual creationist response to hominid fossils is to claim that there are no intermediates; each one is either a human or an ape. It doesn't matter that some of the "humans" have a brain size well below the normal human range, heavy brow rid...

...to hominid fossils is to claim that there are no intermediates; each one is either a human or an ape. It doesn't matter that some of the "humans" have a brain size well below the normal human range, heavy brow ridges, no chin, and teeth larger than modern ones set in a projecting jaw, or that some of the "apes" were bipedal, with very humanlik...

...ermediates; each one is either a human or an ape. It doesn't matter that some of the "humans" have a brain size well below the normal human range, heavy brow ridges, no chin, and teeth larger than modern ones set in a projecting jaw, or that some of the "apes" were bipedal, with very humanlike teeth, and brains larger than those of similar size...

Creationist Resources on Human Evolution (Go to creationist links for creationist resources on the web.) Books God - or Gorilla (1922), by Alfred McCann. New York: Devin-Adair The Theory of Evolution and the Facts of Science , 6th ed. (1943), by Harry Rimmer. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B....

...similar to creationist books in their skepticism of the mainstream scientific view of human evolution. The Genesis Mystery (1983), by Jeffrey Goodman ( Review ) The Bone Peddlers (1984), by William Fix ( Review ) Forbidden Archeology (1994), by Cremo and Thompson ( Review by Colin Groves) Hidden History of the Human Race (1995), by Cremo and Th...

...heology (1994), by Cremo and Thompson ( Review by Colin Groves) Hidden History of the Human Race (1995), by Cremo and Thompson ( Review by Brad Lepper) This page is part of the Fossil Hominids FAQ at the talk.origins Archive . Home Page | Species | Fossils | Creationism | Reading | References Illustrations | What's New | Feedback | Search | Lin...

Fossil Hominids The Evidence for Human Evolution Copyright © 1996-2016 by Jim Foley [Last Update: Feb 29, 2016 ] Permission is given to copy and print these pages for non-profit personal or educational use. This web site provides an overview of the study of human evolution, and of the current...

...rofit personal or educational use. This web site provides an overview of the study of human evolution, and of the currently accepted fossil evidence. It also contains a very comprehensive treatment of creationist claims about human evolution. If you are not interested in creationism, you can easily skip those pages. If you are interested in cre...

...evidence. It also contains a very comprehensive treatment of creationist claims about human evolution. If you are not interested in creationism, you can easily skip those pages. If you are interested in creationism, you can go directly to the pages on creationist arguments ; they contain links to the fossils under discussion when necessary. Wha...

Human Evolution and "Mysterious Origins of Man" Copyright © 1996 by Jim Foley [Last Update: March 13, 1996] "Mysterious Origins of Man" briefly touched on the subject of human evolution. This file discusses the dishonest treatment it received. The quoted state...

...Update: March 13, 1996] "Mysterious Origins of Man" briefly touched on the subject of human evolution. This file discusses the dishonest treatment it received. The quoted statements are transcribed from the show. Charlton Heston : "In the model of the evolutionary tree, man and ape are said to share a common ancestor. However, evidence of that...

...nd that ancestor, even if we knew which species it was, would not be a convincing ape-human intermediate because it would have been very ape-like; there may not have been anything obviously "human" about it. More often, "missing link" refers to something intermediate between apes and humans: either apes with some human features, or humans with...

Humans As a Case Study for the Evidence of Evolution by Martin Nickels Illinois State University This article was originally published in Creation/Evolution, Issue XIX (Winter 1986-87) by the National Center for Science Education, and is reprinted by permissio...

...he idea that evolution has occurred on this planet. Personally, I regard our focus on human evolution as an unparalleled and golden opportunity for teaching about evolution and addressing important aspects of the creationevolution controversy. There are several reasons for this. 12 LINES OF EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION OF HUMANS (& OTHER PRIMATES) SE...

...ontroversy. There are several reasons for this. 12 LINES OF EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION OF HUMANS (& OTHER PRIMATES) SEVEN LINES OF EVIDENCE FROM BIOLOGY Hierarchical (Taxonomic) Classification (Linnaeus) primates naturally forming nested hierarchical groupings Comparative Anatomy homologies general adaptive attributes of all primates (including hum...

Icons of Human Evolution Jonathan Wells' book Icons of Evolution argues that many of the most commonly accepted arguments for the validity of evolution are invalid. Wells tackles the topic of human evolution in Chapter 11, "From Ape to Human: The Ultimate Icon". The ti...

...epted arguments for the validity of evolution are invalid. Wells tackles the topic of human evolution in Chapter 11, "From Ape to Human: The Ultimate Icon". The title is doubtless a reference to the "March of Progress", one of the most recognisable visual images in our culture. This famous drawing shows a sequence of primates walking from left...

...n are invalid. Wells tackles the topic of human evolution in Chapter 11, "From Ape to Human: The Ultimate Icon". The title is doubtless a reference to the "March of Progress", one of the most recognisable visual images in our culture. This famous drawing shows a sequence of primates walking from left to right, starting with a small knuckle-walk...

Louis Leakey and human evolution The following drawing comes from Louis Leakey's 1934 book Adam's Ancestors , and shows how he believed human evolution had occurred. What is striking about this drawing is just how wrong it is, on so many counts. In this diagram, all of the liv...

...wing comes from Louis Leakey's 1934 book Adam's Ancestors , and shows how he believed human evolution had occurred. What is striking about this drawing is just how wrong it is, on so many counts. In this diagram, all of the living apes branch off from humans at the same time, and very long ago -- in the mid-Oligocene, or about 30 million years...

...ong it is, on so many counts. In this diagram, all of the living apes branch off from humans at the same time, and very long ago -- in the mid-Oligocene, or about 30 million years ago. Nowadays, it is believed that humans diverged from gibbons first, maybe about 20 million years ago, then from orang-utangs, then from gorillas, then from chimpan...

The Evolution of Modern Humans: Where are we now? by Christopher B. Stringer Natural History Museum, London What follows is a version of the Millennium Distinguished Lecture presented on November 17, 2000 by Chris Stringer at the AAA meetings, San Francisco. The Distinguished Lecture...

...ogy Section. This article was published as: Stringer, C. 2001 The evolution of modern humans: where are we now? General Anthropology 7 (2): 1-5. Today, I want to talk about the evolution of modern humans, and with so many recent discoveries, this is indeed an exciting time to be discussing the origins of our own species. There are two kinds of...

...General Anthropology 7 (2): 1-5. Today, I want to talk about the evolution of modern humans, and with so many recent discoveries, this is indeed an exciting time to be discussing the origins of our own species. There are two kinds of origin we must consider: one is the origin of the features that modern humans share, for example the shape of t...