No other scientific theory is as controversial as the theory of evolution. According to a recent poll, only 15% of people believe that homo sapiens evolved by accident. Therefore, even today there are new theories of how humanity has developed and will continue to develop. In our review of 10 of the most popular alternative theories of evolution.
1. Intelligent design
The founders of the theory of intelligent design are American mathematician and philosopher Willian Dembski and biochemist Michael Bechom. According to them, some things are too complicated to evolve by accident, so instead of assuming that humans are just a slightly more evolved ape, they should "start looking for the celestial equivalent of Steve Jobs." In other words, life on Earth has arisen as a result of the intervention of some higher intelligence.
2. Morphic resonance
While most countries in the world argue about evolution in biology, Rupert Sheldrake decided to look at the origin of species from the point of view of the universe. According to his theory, invisible morphic fields are formed over time, which contain the collective memory of organisms and substances, including stars with galaxies. This informational field influences the subsequent development of similar species.
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3. Christian Science
Christian Science is a theory that says that God is everywhere and everything around is a part of him. This theory, as argued by Mary Baker Eddy, is based on eternal truths in the Bible. Also, this theory states that nothing exists but the spirit, therefore everything around is an illusion.
4. Space ancestors
People are used to always thinking that the universe had a specific date of birth. Whether it was created by God or created as a result of the Big Bang - it happened at some point. The theory of cosmic ancestors says that the universe has always existed, and life has always existed in it. On Earth, life arose from being carried by microbes from space. In the future, life developed, imitating life in the universe.
5. Ancient Astronauts
According to the theory of intelligent design or space heritage, aliens arrived on Earth millions of years ago and specifically originated life here. Ancient texts, flying saucers, pyramids, the Mayan calendar, etc. are cited as evidence.
6. Progressive creationism
A well-known story from the book of Genesis that God created the Earth in six days, and rested on the seventh day. Progressive creationists claim that each of these "days" lasted for millions of years.
7. Intermittent balance
Of all the theories on this list, the discontinuous equilibrium theory is by far the most mainstream. As you know, all archaeological finds indicate not a gradual evolution, but a sudden appearance of species. Discontinuous equilibrium theory states that all species are in stable equilibrium, interrupted by short periods of strong change.
8. Theistic evolutionism
Theistic evolutionism is the science that most of all united Darwin's theory and the creation of man by God. The idea is that God created the Universe and everything in it, only he created everything according to scientific theory. Hence, evolution is one of the divine tools in his experiments with creation.
9. Scientology
The religion, which was created on the basis of the belief system created by the American science fiction writer Ron Hubbard, claims that human consciousness has gone from birds to sloths, and then - apes and finally people. People are the product of an alien race that perished in a nuclear disaster millions of years ago, and their consciousness was transferred from one animal to another until it entered the human brain. Feelings such as indecision, envy and toothache remained as a load of animal memories.
10. Creationism
Creationism claims that everything in Genesis is written absolutely right. In a literal sense: God created the Earth and everything that is on it for six days, that we all descended from Noah and once there were giants. In addition, the Earth is only six thousand years old, so any geological and archaeological data is complete nonsense.