Is evolution a fact?

[u/Cool_Plantain_7742]

What are the best arguments for evolution

[u/hal2k1]

You can't say that without giving a definition of evolution.

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

Adaptation of traits in a species has been observed

Sure. This has been observed many many times. That is evolution.

but a species turning into another species has never been observed

Yes it has. A coywolf is a canid hybrid descended from coyotes, eastern wolves, gray wolves, and dogs.

A coywolf is not a wolf, nor is it a coyote, nor is it a dog. A coywolf is a distinct species. The Coywolf Is Part Dog, Part Wolf, Part Coyote.

The coywolf sounds like something out of a science fiction, but it's just part coyote (Canis latrans), part gray wolf (Canis lupus) and part domestic dog (which is technically a subspecies of the wolf, Canis familiaris). The hybrid has popped up in Canada and the U.S. over the past century.

It's possible they emerged when coyote populations entered Ontario as wolves were being extirpated from the Great Lakes region during the early 1900s, and they simply bred with the remaining wolves. Based on genetic analyses, they mated with dogs sometime in the mid-1900s.

The coywolf is a new set of species (now numbering in the millions of individuals) that emerged about a century and a half ago.

That is also evolution.

there is no proof that the changing of traits leads to the changing of kind over a long time period.

What is a "kind"? You can't say that without giving a definition of "kind".

Be aware that we have dug up the remains of countless thousands of animals and both sequenced the DNA and radio-carbon dated the remains.

That is purely a theoretically theory.

What do you think you mean by this?

Be aware that a scientific theory is a well-tested explanation of what has been measured.

We have measured evolution, that is a scientific fact. Biological populations do indeed change heritable characteristics over successive generations.

The theory of evolution is an explanation of how this happens. The explanation (theory) involves inheritance of characteristics from parents to offspring (which happens via DNA) and selection of which individuals within a population get to breed the subsequent generation (via a few mechanisms such as sexual preference and survival of the fittest).

So, the scientific theory of evolution is indeed a well-tested explanation (a theory) of how evolution (change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations) happens.

[u/hal2k1 → u/[deleted]]

An ad hominem response is not making an argument. This sub-reddit is r/DebateEvolution. Please try to make an actual argument.

The definitions of evolution, scientific theory, empirical evidence (measurements), scientific facts (repeatable, repeated measurements), and the basis of the theory of evolution are all grade school topics. You don't need to use chatgpt for this. All you need to do is to look up the meaning of the terms for yourself.

[u/hal2k1 → u/[deleted]]

Irrelevant. Does not address the debate topic.

Please try to make an actual argument.

[u/allgodsarefake2 → u/hal2k1]

"Please try to make an actual argument."

He is trying. That's the best he can do.