One of the compelling pieces of evidence against evolution is that scientists cannot decide what elephants could have evolved from{{fact}}. Many scientists point to the unlikely idea that elephants evolved from sea cows and water dwelling hyraxes{{fact}}. The support for this point of view is that elephants might have used their trunks for snorkels.
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One of the compelling pieces of evidence for evolution is that scientists cannot decide what elephants could have evolved from{{fact}}. Many scientists point to the unlikely idea that elephants evolved from sea cows and water dwelling hyraxes{{fact}}. The support for this point of view is that elephants might have used their trunks for snorkels.
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In the past, there were many different types of elephants like [[mammoth|mammoths]] and [[mastodon|mastodons]], but most creation scientists say that these species never made it onto the ark and that these species perished with the [[dinosaurs]]{{fact}}.
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In the past, there were many different types of elephants like [[mammoth|mammoths]] and [[mastodon|mastodons]], but most creationists say that these species never made it onto the ark and that these species perished with the [[dinosaurs]]{{fact}}.