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The NAS authors suggest that one of the creationists' main theses
is that "no one has seen evolution occur." In fact, however, this is not a
creationist thesis, and can only be a claim put forward by a few indi-
viduals. We do not claim that "the theory of evolution is not true be-
cause no one has seen evolution occur." As the NAS authors make
clear, there is no need for evolution to be witnessed in order for the
theory of evolution to be proven; if the theory of evolution is true, all
that is needed is for its results or mechanisms to be observed. If evo-
lution did take place, then we should find ample evidence of this fact.
For example, transitional forms should be discovered in the fossil
record that prove that living things descended from one another.
Genetic analyses should show that the structures of living things
claimed to have an evolutionary family relationship are similar to one
another and different from other species. Family trees built on the
basis of genetic and morphological similarities should be mutually
consistent. The way in which complex structures came into being
through chance mechanisms should be capable of explanation. And
the increases in genetic information in living things caused by muta-
tion should be observed in laboratory experiments.
As we have seen throughout this book, however, the fact is that
neither natural history, nor branches of science such as biology, mor-
phology, paleontology, microbiology, biochemistry, and genetics, pro-
vide any results suggesting that evolution ever took place. On the
contrary, the results from all these branches of science offer evidence
that living things are individually created. In conclusion, although it
is impossible for us to observe creation, the information from all the
research and experiments in these branches clearly indicate that liv-
ing things are created.
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