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Human Evolution

Human Evolution. “A Brief Overview” By Bud Hollowell, Ph.D. Premise 1 - God created humanity. Premise 2 - Humanity did not evolve. Conclusion 3 - Therefore, there will be no evidence of human evolution. Premise 1 - All life forms on earth go through the process of evolution.

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Human Evolution

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  1. Human Evolution “A Brief Overview” By Bud Hollowell, Ph.D. OneWorldInsight.com

  2. Premise 1 - God created humanity. Premise 2 - Humanity did not evolve. Conclusion 3 - Therefore, there will be no evidence of human evolution. Premise 1 - All life forms on earth go through the process of evolution. Premise 2 - Humanity is a life form on earth. Conclusion 3 - Therefore, there will be evidence of human evolution. The Argument in Syllogisms Science Western Religion OneWorldInsight.com

  3. Life Cycle of Stars OneWorldInsight.com

  4. Death of a Star OneWorldInsight.com

  5. Age of the Earth – 5 billion OneWorldInsight.com

  6. All life comes from the same sources… OneWorldInsight.com

  7. Material found deepest is oldest • Material found is same age as other material in same layer OneWorldInsight.com

  8. Scientific Dating of Fossils • Carbon dating is proven accurate back to 50,000 years • Uranium isotope dating is proven accurate back to 500,000 years • Potassium to argon dating is proven accurate back to 5 billion years OneWorldInsight.com

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  10. Do the same laws of evolution apply to human beings? OneWorldInsight.com

  11. In a new book, documentary, and promotional Web site, paleontologist Jorn Hurum, who led the team that analyzed the 47-million-year-old fossil seen above, suggests Ida is a critical missing-link species in primate evolution. The fossil, he says, bridges the evolutionary split between higher primates such as monkeys, apes, and humans and their more distant relatives such as lemurs. "This is the first link to all humans," Hurum, of the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway, said in a statement. Ida represents "the closest thing we can get to a direct ancestor." OneWorldInsight.com

  12. Geological Time & Human Development OneWorldInsight.com

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  14. Homo Sapien 100-200,000 years old OneWorldInsight.com

  15. Mitochondrial DNA Dating • Modern humans originated in Africa • There was one founding population • It began 170,000 years ago • They migrated to other parts of the world to replace other hominids OneWorldInsight.com

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  17. Homo Habilis 1.9 million years old OneWorldInsight.com

  18. Australopithecine Afarenis 3.2 million years old OneWorldInsight.com

  19. Ardipithicus 4.4 million years ago OneWorldInsight.com

  20. Science Limits Itself to: • The physical evidence • Possible theories that explain the patterns of physical evidence • New improved theories as more physical evidence is found • No theories that cannot be supported by physical evidence OneWorldInsight.com

  21. Five Principles of Evolution • Variation has a genetic origin due to mutation and recombination • Natural selection and gene flow causes changes in gene frequency in populations • Adaptation is genetically based and leads to changes in population over time • Species formation evolves through reproductive isolation • Genetic changes through natural selection lead to new species OneWorldInsight.com

  22. For Example… Today, why are strains of flu becoming so hard to fight off each year? OneWorldInsight.com

  23. And in the future… Children downstream of polluted rivers lose 5 points in IQ scores when they reach adulthood. How will this affect the gene pool of humanity in ten generations? OneWorldInsight.com

  24. Conclusions From Science • Humanity has evolved from earlier life forms. • Those life forms have been identified by fossil records. • Humanity as we know it began its evolutionary path about 170,000 years ago in Africa. OneWorldInsight.com

  25. However…An Argument from Theology or Philosophy Could Be… Premise 1 – God is the essence of complete consciousness. Premise 2 - The process of evolution points to the design and creation of increasingly higher levels of consciousness over time. Conclusion 3 - Therefore, God is the Intelligent Design guiding evolution towards complete consciousness. OneWorldInsight.com

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