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Yes. The Theory of Evolution has been proven, modified and enlarged.
Scientists have proven the lineages of descent through genetics.
We now know that competition for survival is not the only force influencing natural selection; cooperation, altruism, symbiosis, niche specialisations, and numerous other strategies also play their roles.
In addition, we now understand how chemistry and the mechanical properties of biological materials influence the evolution of form.
Environmental disasters wipe out countless species, sometimes in ways that are random chance - while others survive and new rounds of evolution emerge from them.
Even if climate change causes global catastrophic extinctions,
nature and life will slowly recover from the extremophile survivors,
and a new round of evolution will begin adapting to the new state of the world.
Globally higher temperatures - similar to the time of the dinosaurs - will again become the dominating influence.
Scientists have proven the lineages of descent through genetics.
We now know that competition for survival is not the only force influencing natural selection; cooperation, altruism, symbiosis, niche specialisations, and numerous other strategies also play their roles.
In addition, we now understand how chemistry and the mechanical properties of biological materials influence the evolution of form.
Environmental disasters wipe out countless species, sometimes in ways that are random chance - while others survive and new rounds of evolution emerge from them.
Even if climate change causes global catastrophic extinctions,
nature and life will slowly recover from the extremophile survivors,
and a new round of evolution will begin adapting to the new state of the world.
Globally higher temperatures - similar to the time of the dinosaurs - will again become the dominating influence.