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The immutability of species
The idea that each individuals species on the planet was specially created by God and can never fundamentally change.
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Microevolution
The theory that natural selection can, over time, take an organism and transform it into a more specialized species of that organism.
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Macroevolution
The hypothesis that the same processes which work in microevolution can, over eons of time, transform an organism into a completely different kind of organism.
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Strata
Distinct layers of rock.
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Fossils
Preserved remains of once living organism.
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Structural homology
The study of similar structures (bones or organs, for example) in different species.
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