What scientific evidence best supports evolution by natural selection by Darwin's theory of evolution?

Pepper moths. I think that's the one answer one means - it was white and hid against the white bark of birch trees but when the industrial revolution started and the smoke made everything black it had to adapt as it was too visible - within a couple of years they has changed to only be black.

Playing with bacteria in a lab. It grows so fast you can really see evolution. Put some antibiotics on a plate of bacteria, wait a day, and voila! Evolution. You've created new bacteria that are now resistant to that type of antibiotic. P.S. I'd just like to point out the idiocy of the answer before mine. Citing religious documents as "scientific fact" is laughable. Whatever you interpret the word of God to be has nothing to do with science. You completely misunderstand what the word evolution means. Of course human women aren't giving birth to monkeys. Nobody ever claimed that, and it would be absurd. It is very plausable that humans evolved from apes because our DNA is over 99% similar. And here's the big argument: FOSSILS. I win.

Fossil evidence - Where do you start? Fossils that look like modern animals but are slightly different, and have features of now separate species, like humans and chimpanzees. It demonstrates common ancestry. Genetic evidence - humans have a huge number of genes (as much as 96%) in common with other great apes, and as much as 50% with plants. There is no other explanation, or in fact need, for this similarity, as other molecular models could have worked, such as left-handed DNA ( all life has right-handed DNA). Evidence of recent speciation - the Cichlids in Lake Tanganyika in Africa, the lake water levels have lowered and risen many times over millions of years, isolating the fish into different areas, genetic drift and environmental changes influencing adaptation and speciation. Some as recently as 5-10 thousand years. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics and insect resistance to pesticide, those with innate resistance will survive and pass on this resistance to future generations. There is a lot more, but there are libraries full of books, too much to put down here. Suffice to say that, answers like that of Customizedsongwriter can safely be dismissed, as claiming that the Bible is right, because the Bible says so, is really quite unscientific. Darwin presented compelling evidence, but so much more evidence has come to light that, even if he did not exist, evolution would still have become the cornerstone of modern science. There were other scientists who were working on the same theories. .

His book, On the Origin of Species, has the evidence of evolution by natural selection on the Galapagos Islands. Read about finches and the evolution of their structures to fit the environment that they are accustomed to. Edit: Customizedsongwriter - You're ignorance of evolution makes your point invalid. Darwin never states that we decended from apes. It states that we have a common ancestor. Please read up on the subject before you consider it to be false. Just like Pope John Paul II did when he stated "Evolution is compatible with Christian faith."

The peppered moth story has been proven fraudulent. Even if it were right, that just proves natural selection. It does not prove evolution. There are no transitional fossils. There are over 100 million fossils of over 350,000 different species, and they are all complete. None of them are half-way between two animals. Those who claim they have found some provide very weak arguments for their claims. Fossils are not proof of evolution. Darwin did, in fact, claim that we descended from old-world monkeys. Just read "The Descent of Man" if you don't believe me. I heard his deathbed confession was a hoax, but that is not relevant. It does not support creation or evolution. Natural selection just ensures that the population remains stable. It does not promote speciation. Even if it could it would make this earth a very sloppy place.

Richard Lenski at Michigan State University is conducting the E. coli Long-term Experimental Evolution Project. The process was begun in 1988 and has progress' through 500 generations every 75 days. To date over 40,000 generations have been produced.(in humans this would be on the order of 1 million years) The E. coli strains have significantly changed over time. One strain is now able to utilize citrate as a source of energy. This represents the development of a new species. What? you wanted a simple sound bite?

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ You can read about the evidence for evolution at the above site.

a type of moth that lives in the city. it was getting eaten eating on the trees bcuz it was white and the trees were black. now the moth is black

The lies and contradictions. For example, Darwin states that we came from apes. It has been proven that human chromosomes produce only humans. If Darwin was right women would be having monkeys, apes, or any other creature. Too many stupid beliefs that people believe like this above. The only one that no one has been able to disprove is the Genesis account in the Bible. There there is no lies, for God has said it. The Dead Sea Schrolls are the scientific evidence. None of your evidence anyone stated talks about changing animals to humans or anything else. God is right.