Discussion Post
This discussion will exercise our understanding of the theory of evolution by identifying and correcting common misconceptions using evidence-based examples and correct scientific terms. Make a detailed discussion post over this prompt.
Your acquaintance on social media, Bill Finch, has posted the following: "Hey guys, ever wonder if evolution was real and humans came from apes, then why are there still apes today that haven't "evolved"? Besides, the theory of evolution is unscientific because it's not testable or falsifiable! It makes claims about events that weren't observed and cannot be re-created. There isn't any evidence for evolution, and therefore it will always be /just/ a theory."
You recently studied evolution in your Biology class, and you happen to know much of what your acquaintance said is a misconception. Because you care when people misrepresent the truth and because you are a kind person, you decide to write Bill a private message to gently explain to him, point by point, the things on which he seems misguided. Address his first question by providing the mechanism of evolution that would account for such an observation. Discuss the validity of evolution as a testable and falsifiable science, list the evidence for evolution and expound at least three evidentiary examples. Finally, help him understand the sturdiness of scientific theory and, in good faith, disclose any information that evolution cannot answer.