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==About==<br />
The [[creation of species]] is is one of several key "[[creation]]" questions which form the core of many [[mythologies]] and for which [[science]] has begun to provide likely answers only fairly recently.<br />
==Science==<br />
Vast amounts of evidence point to the idea that the life presently on Earth [[evolution|evolved]] by [[common descent]] from simpler forms over hundreds of millions of years by a process of [[natural selection]].<br />
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This idea was controversial when first proposed by [[Charles Darwin]] in his 1859 book ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'' but ultimately was overwhelmingly [[scientific consensus|accepted]] by the [[scientific community]] due to ever-increasing bodies of confirming [[evidence]] across multiple disciplines and the lack of any viable alternative explanation.<br />
==Mythology==<br />
Most mythologies seem to presume that species were created more or less in their present-day forms, so the question of the [[creation of species]] is subsumed into the question of the [[creation of life]].<br />
===Creationism===<br />
Despite the now-overwhelming evidence, [[evolution by natural selection]] nonetheless continues to be opposed by [[religious]] groups who advance alternative [[informal theory|theories]] proposing that most species were created in essentially their present forms by a supernatural force or entity of some kind, most commonly referred to as "[[God]]". Where these beliefs flatly contradict the available evidence, they are known as [[creationism]].<br />
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Some versions of creationism have been carefully vetted, removing references to the [[Bible]] or [[God]], in order to avoid running afoul of the [[separation of church and state]] mandated by the [[US Constitution]] and thence to permit their use in US public schools. [[Intelligent design]], the best known of these attempts to insert religious mythology into educational curricula under the heading of "science", avoids (often [[rational:cdesign proponentsists|crudely]]) any mention of religion or the supernatural while using scientific-sounding (but thoroughly refuted) arguments against [[evolution by natural selection]] as its primary justification.</div>Woozle