outside the theory of evolution, the spontaneous emergence of complexity and information from randomness is not recognized in nature. true or false

The DNA in a single cell in your body contains about 4.5 billion base pairs. Imagine building a model of that DNA like a ladder with base pairs for rungs. If you make the rungs 1 inch apart, how long will the ladder be? Express your answer in miles.

Suppose a human generation is defined as the average time from birth to childbearing, which is about 20 years long. How many generations have passed in the 200,000 years during which anatomically modern humans have existed?

Why is liquid water generally considered necessary for the origin of life?

What are two characteristic properties of life that distinguish it from nonliving things?

The evidence is overwhelming that the Grand Canyon was dug over a span of millions of years by the erosive power of the Colorado River and that river's tributary streams. Does this evidence support a catastrophic theory or an evolutionary theory?

What would happen to a life-form if the genetic information handed down to offspring was copied extremely inaccurately? How would that endanger the future of the life-form?

Suppose astronomers discover a radio message from a civilization whose planet orbits a star 35 lightyears away. Their message encourages us to send a radio answer, which we decide to do. Suppose our governing bodies take 2 years to decide whether and how to answer. When our answer arrives there, their governing bodies also take two of our years to frame an answer to us. How long after we get their first message can we hope to get their reply to ours? (A question for further thinking: Once communication gets going, should we continue to wait for a reply before we send the next message?)