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Line 22: − − However, natural selection as the sole driving force of evolution is an outdated concept since the synthesis of [[Mendelian genetics]], and current models of evolution incorporate natural selection as well as [[genetic drift]], [[horizontal gene transfer]], [[mutation]], [[adaptation]] and [[gene flow]]. Biologists contend that this modern model of evolution predicts distinctive genetic markers and structures that can be tested with modern genome sequencing techniques. −
→Evolution and falsifiability: Delete straw-man rebuttal (mentioned on talk page)
* However, if "evolution" means the proposition that all life descended from a single, primordial protocell by variation and natural selection alone, or other similar claims then creationists dispute the falsifiability of the proposition, asking, "What test can be conducted to show this did not occur?" The problem is similar to the problem of "I drank three glasses of water six weeks ago." If there are no witnesses, Creationists argue, then there is no way to test the claim and that the assertion is therefore not falsifiable.
* However, if "evolution" means the proposition that all life descended from a single, primordial protocell by variation and natural selection alone, or other similar claims then creationists dispute the falsifiability of the proposition, asking, "What test can be conducted to show this did not occur?" The problem is similar to the problem of "I drank three glasses of water six weeks ago." If there are no witnesses, Creationists argue, then there is no way to test the claim and that the assertion is therefore not falsifiable.
=== Proposed tests of evolution ===
=== Proposed tests of evolution ===