Evolution:Fact or theory?

Is evolution a fact or theory? Its both! I hope this answers your question Hannah. The links below may be of help if further explanation is necessary. (talkorigins) http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_theory_and_fact (Stephen Jay Gould) Evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts do not go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's, but apples did not suspend themselves in mid-air, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape-like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered.[2] (Stephen Jay Gould) http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact-and-theory.html

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