Darwinism Vs. Creationism

Jonathan Lizarondo, Samantha GallowayMariah Bolanos, Lucy Salinas, Alondra GonzalezCarlos Flores

English 1301

Professor Baynes

Darwinism

What is Darwinism? The definition of Darwinism is the

theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin.

The name Darwinism is also just a name to describe this idea of evolution.

This is not the only theory of evolution.

Charles Robert Darwin English Naturalist Proposed the scientific theory that

evolution resulted from a process called Natural Selection.

Wrote the book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859 which gave compelling evidence to prove his theory.

By the 1870’s, due to his book, the public had accepted evolution as a fact.

“On the Origin of Species” Written by Charles Darwin Introduced the theory of natural selection Presented evidence that all life arose from a

common ancestor At the time the church played a powerful role in

the world. English Scientists were closely to tied to the

Church of England. Transmutation of Species was controversial at

the time as the widely accepted idea of evolution was that all life was designed by a heirarchy.

Facts of Darwin’s Theory Every species is fertile enough that if all

offspring survived to reproduce the population would grow.

Despite periodic fluctuations, populations remain roughly the same size.

Resources such as food are limited and are relatively stable over time.

Individuals in a population vary significantly from one another.

Much of this variation is inheritable.

Inferences of Darwin’s Theory

A struggle for survival ensues when food is limited. Individuals less suited for the environment are less

likely to survive and less likely to reproduce; individuals more suited toward the environment are more likely to survive and more likely to reproduce and leave their inheritable traits to future generations, which produces the process of natural selection.

This slowly effected process results in populations changing to adapt to their environments, and ultimately, these variations accumulate over time to form new species.

Darwin’s Theory split up1. Evolution: The world is not constant or

cycling, it is steadily changing, and transformed over time

2. Common Descent: Every group of organism descended from a common ancestor.

3. Multiplication of Species: Explains the origin of the organic diversity. Organisms either split into daughter species or by budding, which is that the founder slowly evolves into a new species.

Darwin’s Theory split up (cont.)

4. Gradualism: Evolutionary change takes place through gradual change in a population, not by sudden production of new species.

5. Natural Selection: Evolutionary change comes from the production of genetic variation. The few individuals that survive are the ones who start the new generation.

What is Natural Selection? A gradual, non-random process by which biological

traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of reproduction barriers.

Our good friend Charles Darwin came up with this theory.

The individuals with the better traits fit for the environment are more likely survive.

The individuals with the traits not fit for the environment are less likely to survive.

Simply put, the strong survive and the weak die off.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Charles_Darwin_-_Pigeon_skulls.png

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http://library.thinkquest.org/29178/media/treeolif.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Darwin_tree.png

To shed a little more light http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=iKz01UB8QrY

Creationism

What is Creationism? The belief that the universe and living

organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution.

Creationists are not all considered the same.

Creationism refers to a wide range of beliefs.

Young-Earth Creationism The most accepted form of creationism is

Young-Earth Creationism. A religious belief that the Universe, Earth, and

all life on earth was created by direct acts of the Abrahamic God during a relatively short period, between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago.

Primarily defended by Christians and Jews who believe that god created the earth in six 24-hour days, using the Genesis creation narrative as a basis.

Old-Earth Creationism Theistic Evolution: Asserts that “the

personal God of the Bible created the universe and life through evolutionary processes.”

Hindu Creationism: A belief that all species on earth, including humans, have “devolved” from a state of pure consciousness.

All Old-Earth Creationism branches accept the mainstream age of earth.

Intelligent Design This is yet another branch of

Creationism. This is the claim that “certain features

of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.”

Gap Creationism Is a form of Old-Earth Creationism, but

has enough difference to be considered its own form of Creationism.

States that the six-day creation, as described by the Book of Genesis, involved literal 24-hour days in which the universe, the earth, and all life on earth was created in six 24-hour days.

Day-Age Creationism Yet another from of Old-Earth Creationism

but has a big enough difference to be considered its own.

Again describes that God created, the universe, the earth, and life in six days.

However, in this form of creationism, the six days are considered to be long amounts of time. For example, the days could be considered to be thousands or millions of years.

Progressive Creationism Another branch of Old-Earth

Creationism. This is the religious belief that God

created new forms of life gradually, over a period of hundreds of millions of years.

This form of creationism accepts the mainstream and cosmological estimates for the age of the earth.

A direct Comparison http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=9V_2r2n4b5c&feature=fvwrel

Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_dar

win http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/darwinis

m.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Ori

gin_of_Species#Summary_of_Darwin.27s_theory