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Words: 700 | Submitted: Mon Apr 14 2008
... unifying explanation for the variety of life on Earth. Evolution is believable because there is proof of it taking place. 80 years ago, rats could be successfully contained using the poison Warfarin, which stopped the rat's blood from clotting. However, now the majority of the rats are unaffected by the poison. This is proof that the rats have evolved. It happened after a few rats become resistant, then the resistant rats breed to carry on the resistance to its offspring (through genes), so the rat population continues to survive. Something similar to this has been seen with what we call 'Super Bugs'. These are diseases that keep on changing their DNA so they become immune to almost everything e.g. MRSA. Evolution isn't believable because, there are gaps in the fossil records. There are guesses at what this might be like neanderthals. There has been a skull discovered, but it could have ...
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