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→‎Proposed Tests and Observations: Reverted; this section was changed to a completely different (and irrelevant) argument, presumably because this falsification would also falsify microevolution.
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* 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.  This is not to be confused with different organisms evolving similar characteristics seperately (a process known as [[convergent evolution]]) but instead the transfer of entire structures across lines of phylogeny.  
 
* 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.  This is not to be confused with different organisms evolving similar characteristics seperately (a process known as [[convergent evolution]]) but instead the transfer of entire structures across lines of phylogeny.  
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* Direct observation of organisms being created.
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* Direct observation of organisms being created. The observation of a new organism being created that did not inherit characteristics from its progenitors would disprove evolution wholesale.
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:However, discovering a being capable of creating organsims would not preclude the possibility of evolution also being true.
      
* Phylogenetically close organisms that are less genetically similar than they are to phylogenetically distant organisms.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html#independent_convergence 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution] Prediction 1.3</ref>  The theory of evolution predicts that closely related forms of life should share more DNA than distantly related forms of life.  Thus, if humans and chimpanzees shared less of their genome than humans and mice, evolution would be disproven.  Tests show that humans and mice have roughly 60 times more differences in their genome than humans and chimps, with whom humans share nearly 99% of their DNA.<ref>[http://www.genome.gov/15515096 New Genome Comparison Finds Chimps, Humans Very Similar at the DNA Level]</ref>
 
* Phylogenetically close organisms that are less genetically similar than they are to phylogenetically distant organisms.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html#independent_convergence 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution] Prediction 1.3</ref>  The theory of evolution predicts that closely related forms of life should share more DNA than distantly related forms of life.  Thus, if humans and chimpanzees shared less of their genome than humans and mice, evolution would be disproven.  Tests show that humans and mice have roughly 60 times more differences in their genome than humans and chimps, with whom humans share nearly 99% of their DNA.<ref>[http://www.genome.gov/15515096 New Genome Comparison Finds Chimps, Humans Very Similar at the DNA Level]</ref>
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