Origins

Questions about our origins are of great interest in science, philosophy and religion. Naturalists have been impressed by the sheer variety of living things found on our planet. It is natural to wonder...

How did the incredible variety of organisms

that we see on the earth today come about?

This is the big question that biologists have thought about since science became recognised as an academic discipline. Science has developed a particular process for investigating any research question. That process has been followed in the attempt to answer this great question.

Use the tabs in the Navigation Bar at the top of the header to navigate this website as you discover how Scientists have tried to answer this question and consider some of the responses of people of religious faith to the answers that scientists have come up with.