Created kind

In creation biology, created kinds are believed to be the original forms of life as they were created by God. They are also referred to as "kinds," "original kinds," "Genesis kinds," and "baramin." The idea is promulgated by Young Earth Creationists to support their view of Creation according to Genesis and also that the descendants of all land-based life on Earth where housed on Noah's ark before the great flood.

Related Topics:
Creation biology - God - Young Earth Creationists - Creation according to Genesis - Noah's ark - Great flood

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

In contrast to the scientific principle of common ancestry, these creationists argue that all life on Earth is not related, but that life was created in a finite number of discrete forms. That these discrete forms subsequently underwent speciation and microevolution of the original created kinds is often acknowledged by those making more sophisticated arguments. However, creationists assert that the created kinds constitute definite boundaries beyond which evolutionary processes cannot occur. God is reported to be the reason for this.

Related Topics:
Scientific principle - Common ancestry - Speciation - Microevolution

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Since created kinds refer to common ancestry, they are asserted to be a form of clade. Baraminology, or the effort to classify life according to the created kinds, is thus the creationist equivalent of cladistics.

Related Topics:
Clade - Baraminology - Cladistics

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Mainstream science rejects the idealization of "created kinds" and creation science in general as a pseudoscience. This is mainly because the scientific evidence for common ancestry and the relationships of lifeforms in the biosphere corresponds most closely to evolutionary biology and the modern synthesis.

Related Topics:
Creation science - Pseudoscience - Scientific evidence - Common ancestry - Biosphere - Evolutionary biology - Modern synthesis

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~