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CREATION MODEL (Intelligent Design) |
EVOLUTION MODEL |
| By the acts of a Creator. | By naturalistic mechanistic processes due to properties inherent in inanimate matter. |
| Creation of basic plant and animal types with characteristics complete in first representatives. | Origin of all living things from a single living source which itself arose from inanimate matter. Origin of each kind from an ancestral form by slow gradual change. |
| Variation and speciation limited within each kind. | Unlimited variation. All forms genetically related. |
| PREDICTIONS CONCERNING THE FOSSIL RECORD | |
| Sudden appearance in great variety of highly complex forms. | Gradual change of simple forms into more and more complex forms. |
| Sudden
appearance of each created type with characteristics complete. Sharp boundaries separating major taxonomic groups. No transitional forms between higher categories. |
Transitional series linking all categories. No systematic gaps. |