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Since the beginning of its discussion as a possible explanation of life, evolution has been controversial and much argued. The simplest, most concise definition for evolution is descent with modification. This is expanded, however, to say that this could either mean the small-scale changes in the genes, or a large-scale change, which will take place over hundreds of years an many generations. Evolution is, then, essentially the history of life on Earth.
There are those who would argue against evolution and those who would argue for it. Many of the reasons for both sides are political and religious, which, although important, should stay out of scientific affairs to avoid stinting scientific research. The first step to proving evolution is to accept the fact that each creature on this earth has a parent. This was proven over the last one-hundred-fifty years, as the result of various experiments by Louis Pasteur. It is also accepted that there must have been an origin to......

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