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Evidence SUPPORTING a... 
  
4.5 BILLION YEAR-OLD EARTH and a 14.7 BILLION
 
YEAR-OLD UNIVERSE  [Refuting Young-Earth Creationism]:

• Age of Earth - U.S. Geological Survey
• Appearance of Age - A Young Earth Problem  
• Young Earth Rebuttals - God and Science  
• Age of Earth Info. - Reasons to Believe  
• Age of Earth Evidences - Wikipedia      
• The Age of the Earth - Talk Origins  
• History of Young-Earth Creationism - Wikipedia  
• Table of Geologic Time Periods - Wikipedia  
• History of Earth - Wikipedia   
• Morton's Demon: Young-Earth Creationist Self-Deception  
• Answers in Science - Age of Earth & Universe  
• Refutation of Answers in Genesis Teachings
• Refuting Young-Earth Creationist 'Appearance of Age' Arguments 
• Science Daily - Space & Time  
    

  
FORMATION & HISTORY of the UNIVERSE  /
     
'BIG BANG' RESEARCH:   

• Timeline of the Big Bang - Wikipedia 
• NOVA: History of the Universe - Big Bang Timeline 
• PBS Mysteries of Deep Space - Big Bang Timeline  
• NOVA: How Big is the Universe?   
• Age of Universe Evidences - Wikipedia 
• Refuting Young-Earth Creationism Through Astronomy  
• The Universe - Still Boggling the Minds of Finite Creatures  
• Answers in Science - Age of Earth & Universe  
• NOVA 7-minute Online Video on the Big Bang  
• NASA / WMAP - Analyzing the Big Bang and the Universe
• Understanding the Big Bang - Old-Earth Creationist Perspective
• Science Daily - Space & Time
      

 
CALCULATING the AGE of the UNIVERSE by
    
MEASURING COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
    
RADIATION — from the BIG BANG: 

• NASA / WMAP - Articles on Universe, Big Bang, Radiation  
• Big Bang, Cosmic Radiation, Age of Universe - OEC View  
    

 
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STAR RESEARCH  /  AGE OF STARS  /  SPEED OF
   
LIGHT:  

• Overview of Stars - Wikipedia 
• NASA / WMAP - Articles on Universe, Big Bang, Star Formation
• Our Tiny Universe - What's really Visible at Night? 
• Hubble Space Telescope Information
• Refuting Creationist Claims Re: Supernova Star Remnants
• Our Galaxy's Most Recently-Created Supernova Photographed 
• Stars Closest to Earth 
• Alpha Centauri and Other Stars Closest to Us
• Detailed Measures Taken of Our Closest Star 
• Big Bang, Cosmic Radiation, Age of Universe/Stars - OEC View
• Refuting Young-Earth Creationism Through Astronomy
• Science Daily - Space & Time
• Space.com  
• Space Images 
         

 
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RADIOMETRIC ROCK DATING:

• PBS Overview of Radiometric Dating  /  2-Minute Online Video  
• The Age of the Earth - U.S. Geological Survey  
• Radiometric Dating - a Christian Perspective  
• Radiometric Dating - from Wikipedia  
• Answers in Science - Age of Earth From Radiometric Dating 
• Accuracy of the Evolutionary Fossil Record & Dating Methods 
   

 

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Arguments & websites in SUPPORT of (or neutral to)...
   
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

• Answers in Science - Evolution Links  
• Evolution Overview - Wikipedia 
• Talk Origins 
• PBS Library of Articles & Online Videos on Evolution 
• Evo Wiki
• Action BioScience - Evolution Articles
• Answers in Science
• Timeline of Evolution - Wikipedia 
• Fossil Museum - Overview of Evolution   
• Observed Instances of Speciation - New Species Being Formed
• More 'Speciation Events' Observed - New Species Being Formed 
• Index to Creationist Claims / Evolutionist Responses 
• Demise of Evolution -Longest Running Falsehood in Creationism
• Accuracy of the Evolutionary Fossil Record & Dating Methods 
• Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions 
• Natural History Museum - Human Origins
• Science Magazine
• Science Daily  

 
Arguments & websites in SUPPORT of (or neutral to)...
   
THEISTIC EVOLUTION

• Overview of Theistic Evolution - Wikipedia   
• American Scientific Affiliation - Collection of Articles on TE   
• Francis Collins Online Video on Theistic Evolution   
• Robert Schneider - Essays on Theistic Evolution 
• Articles - Inst. for the Study of Christianity in Age of Sci&Tech 
• Carl Drews Essay on Theistic Evolution     
• Perspectives on Theistic Evolution     
• Ken Miller - Theistic Evolutionist - Resources on Evolution    
• Audio Interviews with Theistic Evolutionists    
• Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies  
• Perspvbfgvution  
• Glenn Morton/DMD Pub./Pathway Papers on Theistic Evolution 
• Notes on Science and Christian Belief - Online Book   
   

 
Arguments AGAINST (or neutral to)... 
  
INTELLIGENT DESIGN:

• Overview of Intelligent Design - Wikipedia 
• 'Irreducible Complexity,' Refuted 
• Answers in Science - Arguments Against Intelligent Design 
• Talk Origins - Refutation of 'Intelligent Design' Claims   
• Refutations of Design Arguments for the Existence of God 
• ID: An Ambiguous Assault on Evolution 
• AntiEvolution.org (really anti - ID) 
• ACLU Anti - ID Page 
• Critical Review of Jonathan Well's Book 
• Critical Q&A on Another Jonathan Well's Book 
• Nat. Acad. of Sciences Anti - ID Report 
• Special Report on ID - Natural History Mag. 
• TalkOrigins - Irreducible Complexity & M.Behe 
• Ken Miller's Defense of Evolution /Refutations of I.D. 
   

 
Arguments & websites in SUPPORT of (or neutral to) 
  
INTELLIGENT DESIGN:

• Overview of Intelligent Design - Wikipedia 
• Overview of the ID Movement (from a YEC perspective)
• Intelligent Design Network 
• Discovery Institute 
• Irreducible Complexity - Wikipedia  
• 'Fine-Tuned' Universe - Wikipedia 
• Origins - Articles on Intelligent Design 
• ID the Future 
• Discovery Institute 
• Icons of Evolution (Pro ID) - Jonathan Wells 
• Design Inference - William Dembski 
• Uncommon Descent - William Dembski 
• Access Research Network 
• ARN - Michael Behe 
• ISCID - Int'l Soc. for Complexity, Info, Design 
• IDEA Center 
   

 
Arguments & websites in SUPPORT of (or neutral to)...  
  
OLD-EARTH CREATIONISM:

• Overview of Old-Earth Creationism - Wikipedia 
• Overview of Day-Age Creationism - Wikipedia 
• God and Science
• Reasons to Believe - (Hugh Ross)    
• Reasons to Believe - Topical Links 
• Answers in Creation  
   

 
Arguments & websites in SUPPORT of (or neutral to)...
  
YOUNG-EARTH CREATIONISM:

• Overview of Young Earth Creationism - Wikipedia
• Institute for Creation Research - Evidences for a Young World  
• Institute for Creation Research  
• Answers in Genesis
• Christian Answers  
• Creation Ministries International  
• Creation Wiki  
• Creation Science Evangelism  
• Center for Scientific Creation     
• A View of Creation  (PDF)  
• Christian Answers - Problems with Radioactive Dating Methods
    

 
Other Sites Providing...
   
COMPARISONS OF MULTIPLE ORIGINS VIEWS: 

• OriginScience.com - Origin Views Comparison Chart 
• The Creation/Evolution Continuum 
• All View Points: Spectrum of Creation/Evolution Views  
    

  

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THE FOSSIL RECORD:

• Fossil Museum - Overview of Fossil Record & Periods
• Science Daily - Fossils & Ruins  
    

 
Arguments SUPPORTING the Claim that...
  
TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS  /  'MISSING LINKS'
  
PROVIDE SOLID EVIDENCE for EVOLUTION:

• Transitional Fossils - Wikipedia 
• No Missing Links? ... Evolutionary Changes Occur Suddenly  
• Yahoo Answers Discussion on the Lack of Transitional Fossils 
• Fossil Museum - Overview of Fossil Record & Periods 
• Answers in Science - Understanding the Fossil Record 
• Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions
• Science Daily - Fossils & Ruins
   

 
Arguments AGAINST the Claim that...
      
TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS  /  'MISSING LINKS'
  
PROVIDE SOLID EVIDENCE for EVOLUTION:

• Reasons to Believe - Creation / Evolution FAQ 
   

   
HOMINID ("pre-human" species)  FOSSIL RESEARCH
     
Used to SUPPORT the claims of EVOLUTION:

• Hominid Species 
• Answers in Science - Hominid Fossils
• Natural History Museum - Human Origins
• Neanderthal Genome Sequencing Yields Surprising Results
• Science Daily - Fossils & Ruins
   

      
HOMINID ("pre-human" species)  FOSSIL RESEARCH
    
Used to SUPPORT the claims of OLD-EARTH
     
CREATIONISM:

• Hominid Species 
• Answers in Science - Hominid Fossils
     

  

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DNA  /  GENOME  /  GENE RESEARCH:
 
(Below, also see:  DNA / GENE RESEARCH Regarding the "First Man"  /  "First Woman"   
"Mitochondrial Eve" & "Y-Chromosomal Adam" — Ancestors of All Humans Alive Today)

• NOVA "Cracking the Code of Life" Online Videos on Genome 
• Human Genome Project & Research Links  
• Nature.com Genetics News 
   

  
DNA  /  GENOME  /  GENE RESEARCH
   
Used to SUPPORT the claims of EVOLUTION:

• Overview of the Human Genome - Wikipedia
• 'Copied Errors' and Molecular Genetics - Part 1 
• 'Copied Errors' and Molecular Genetics - Part 2 
• 'Copied Errors' and Molecular Genetics - Part 3 
    

 
DNA  /  GENOME  /  GENE RESEARCH:
     
Used to SUPPORT the claims of OLD-EARTH
     
CREATIONISM: 

• Are Pseudogenes "Junk"?  
• Shared Errors in the DNA of Humans and Apes   
• Y Chromosome Reveals Evolutionary Limits 
   

    
DNA  /  GENOME  /  GENE RESEARCH:
  
Regarding the "First Man"  /  "First Woman"
   
("Mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-Chromosomal Adam")
    
Ancestors of All Humans Alive Today

• NOVA: Tracing Ancestry with Mitochondrial DNA  
• BBC: Genetic Adam Never Met Eve 
• Mitochondrial DNA Overview - Wikipedia 
• 'Mitochondrial Eve' Overview - Wikipedia 
• 'Y-Chromosomal Adam' Overview - Wikipedia 
• In Search of Eve 
       

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THEORIES MULTIPLE  /  PARALLEL UNIVERSES  / 
   
STRING THEORY:

• 'Elegant Universe' 3-Hour Online Video Series on String Theory 
    

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