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The '''definition of evolution''' has three aspects: change over time within a species, appearance of new species, and a theory explaining both of these.

The '''definition of evolution''' has three aspects: change over time within a species, appearance of new species, and a theory explaining both of these.

The word '''"evolution"''' as used in [[Biology]] and in the [[Origins debate]] has multiple meanings. It is not easy to keep track of which meaning is being used.

Several different meanings have been and still are used in [[Biology]] and in the [[Origins debate]], and this is itself part of the controversy over the [[Theory of Evolution]].   

 

Several different meanings have been and still are used, and this is itself part of the controversy over the [[Theory of Evolution]].   

[[Creationist]]s charge that evolutionists often equivocate between different meanings<ref>See, for example, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2891#Definitions Definitions as slippery as eels] in ''Who’s really pushing ‘bad science’?'', by Jonathan Sarfati.</ref>, while [[evolutionist]]s acknowledge that not clearly defining the term leads to confusion.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-definition.html What is Evolution?] by Laurence Moran.</ref>

[[Creationist]]s charge that evolutionists often equivocate between different meanings<ref>See, for example, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2891#Definitions Definitions as slippery as eels] in ''Who’s really pushing ‘bad science’?'', by Jonathan Sarfati.</ref>, while [[evolutionist]]s acknowledge that not clearly defining the term leads to confusion.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-definition.html What is Evolution?] by Laurence Moran.</ref>