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Line 46: − + − Evolution could also be falsified by + − + − * Dissimilar DNA among organisms of common descent. The assertion that humans and apes spring from a common ancestor would be disproved if DNA among humans and apes was found to be significantly dissimilar.+ − + − If any of these tests are falsifiable, logically the theory of evolution is falsifiable as well.
→Proposed tests of evolution: Change proposed falsifications as discussed in talk.
In regard to whether things found together necessarily lived and died together, paleontologists can inspect fossils for damage due to ‘reworking’ for clues that the organisms did not necessarily live or die together. However, the ‘reworked’ or ‘stratigraphic leak’ (where something ‘young’ is found in ‘old’ rock) explanation is almost invariably invoked for ‘out-of-place’ fossils.<ref>{{hnb|Batten et. al., 2007|p=192,193}}. That quote's footnote's are:<blockquote><small>7. For example: Howe, G.F., Williams, E.L., Matzko, G.T. and Lammerts, W.E., 1988. Creation Research Society studies on Precambrian pollen, Part III: A pollen analysis of Hakatai Shale and other Grand Canyon rocks, Creation Research Society Quarterly 24(4):173–182.<br/>8. Horgan, J., 1995. Profile: Fred Hoyle. Scientific American 272(3):24–25.<br />9. Cremo, M.A. and Thompson, R.L., 1993, Forbidden Archeology. Bhaktivedanta Institute, San Diego, CA, pp. 797–814.</small></blockquote></ref>}}
In regard to whether things found together necessarily lived and died together, paleontologists can inspect fossils for damage due to ‘reworking’ for clues that the organisms did not necessarily live or die together. However, the ‘reworked’ or ‘stratigraphic leak’ (where something ‘young’ is found in ‘old’ rock) explanation is almost invariably invoked for ‘out-of-place’ fossils.<ref>{{hnb|Batten et. al., 2007|p=192,193}}. That quote's footnote's are:<blockquote><small>7. For example: Howe, G.F., Williams, E.L., Matzko, G.T. and Lammerts, W.E., 1988. Creation Research Society studies on Precambrian pollen, Part III: A pollen analysis of Hakatai Shale and other Grand Canyon rocks, Creation Research Society Quarterly 24(4):173–182.<br/>8. Horgan, J., 1995. Profile: Fred Hoyle. Scientific American 272(3):24–25.<br />9. Cremo, M.A. and Thompson, R.L., 1993, Forbidden Archeology. Bhaktivedanta Institute, San Diego, CA, pp. 797–814.</small></blockquote></ref>}}
Other proposed falsifications include:<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA211.html TalkOrigins Claim CA211]</ref>
* The discovery of a mechanism that would prevent the mutations necessary for evolution from occurring or accumulating
* The discovery of a mechanism that would prevent the mutations necessary for evolution from occurring or accumulating
: However, we already know that mutations accumulate, and this proposed falsification fails to distinguish between evolution and competing views such as creation, so is rather pointless as a falsification.
* The discovery of true chimeras, such as griffins, centaurs or mermaids that combine parts of diverse forms of life unable be explained by lateral gene transfer or symbiosis.
* The discovery of true chimeras, such as griffins, centaurs or mermaids that combine parts of diverse forms of life unable be explained by lateral gene transfer or symbiosis.
* Direct observation of organisms being created.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA211.html Claim CA211]</ref>
: However, we already have numerous examples of similar features in creatures that can't be explained by common ancestry, yet these examples, called "[[convergent evolution]]", have not falsified evolution.
* Direct observation of organisms being created.
: However, discovering a being capable of creating organsims would not preclude the possibility of evolution also being true.
=== Evolutionists asserting that evolution is not falsifiable ===
=== Evolutionists asserting that evolution is not falsifiable ===