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There are no holes in evolution. Evolution is a scientific theory -- which is the strongest and most certain classification - it means that it's been proven and withstood countless years of challenges. A scientific theory is not like a casual theory, it's not a guess, it's not hypothesis. A scientific theory is a model that explains observed phenomena. A scientific theory must make predictions that can be tested and all those predictions and every test must have been successfully verified.

A scientific theory also has to have a method by which it can be disproved (like finding a human fossil in the pre-cambrian).

Some people claim that evolution has holes because there are "missing links", but it's unlikely that scientists will find the fossils of absolutely each and every species which has ever existed. Paleontologists have found far more than enough fossils in precisely the predicted "order" to validate the theory. Each time a new fossil-species is found, then two new "gaps" are created to each side.

Some people claim that there are no transitional fossils. Technically, every species is transitional. Paleontologists have found thousands of different species which are "between" other known species.

Scientists have even predicted where and "when" other expected transitional species should be found, and that has provided researchers with Tiktaalik.

If any defects were found with evolution, the model would lose it's "theory" status. There are countless people with vested interests in overturning evolution, but to date, none have come up with a single provable or verifiable or testable challege. And they'd absolutely win centuries of fame and the Nobel prize.

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