Canb you please name some arguments FOR evolution?

Question

And some arguments against it

Answer 1

FOR:

The independent verification of the anatomic phylogenetic tree by molecular homology of non-structural genes.

Detection of transitional fossils in locations predicted by geologic age (e.g. Tiktaalik)

Direct observations of evolutionary processes in the field and the lab.

AGAINST:

The arguments against are based on absence of direct observation, but the correlation of independent indirect measurements overcomes this.

Answer 2

FOR:

I'll just refer to a previous write up I did once of the ten main categories of evidence in favor of evolution.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

AGAINST:

It is really hard to simply present an argument AGAINST a theory without some specific alternative in mind.    Science is rarely a pro-vs-con discussion.   When there is debate, is usually over which of two or more explanations on the table provides the best explanation for the existing evidence.

This is why Intelligent Design has such little respect in the scientific community.   It is not an "alternative explanation" because it doesn't actually *EXPLAIN* anything at all.   As such, it does not help in the evaluation of evolution, or in the progress of science at all.

So it's a bit like asking for an argument AGAINST the theory of atoms, or an argument AGAINST quantum mechanics.   Unless someone proposes an *alternative* to compete with it, there is nothing really to say.