The '''origins debate''' is the age-old conflict of ideas about how human beings appeared on the [[Earth]], how the various kinds of [[animals]] and [[plants]] came into being, and how the Earth itself came into being.
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The '''origins debate''' is the age-old conflict of ideas about how the [[Earth]] was formed and [[life]] came into being.
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It also concerns the timing and process whereby how the various kinds of [[animals]] and [[plants]] came into being, and