| − | Mainstream geologists and biologists believe that [[fossil]]s show the body plans of dead animals and plants, and that these can be assign ages ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of years (see [[carbon dating]]). This evidence is disputed by [[Creation science|Scientific Creationism]], primarily on the premise that the [[Earth]] is less than 10,000 years old; the majority of scientists in turn reject creation science on the grounds that it begins with religious premises. | + | Mainstream geologists and biologists believe that [[fossil]]s show the body plans of dead animals and plants, and that these can be assign ages ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of years (see [[carbon dating]]). This evidence is disputed by [[Creation science|Scientific Creationism]], due to the physical evidence plus they hold to the premise that the [[Earth]] is less than 10,000 years old. |