# What Are Your Favorite Arguments For Evolution?

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**Created:** [August 7, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-are-your-favorite-arguments-for-evolution/7127 "2019-08-07T20:50:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-are-your-favorite-arguments-for-evolution/7127/25 "2019-08-18T08:59:52Z")

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A powerful argument for common descent (but not for blind/unguided evolution) was given to me by gpuccio, a gifted contributor at the ID blog « Uncommon descent ».  
According to him, « the simple observation of the frequency of synonymous mutations in different species is the strongest argument for common descent that we can imagine ».  
I’ve tried to find a way to counter his argument, but after several exchanges, I was forced to realize that it was very powerful and I gave up.  
For those that may be interested to know more about the argument, I invite you to look at posts 1/123/131/144/159/161/164/169/171/175/181/184 of the conversation below.

> **[Consider the opossum: the evidence for common descent](https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/consider-the-opossum-the-evidence-for-common-descent/)**
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> Remarkably, the recent spate of articles over at Evolution News and Views (see here, here and here) attacking the claim that vitellogenin pseudogenes in humans provide scientific evidence for common descent, all missed the point that Professor Dennis...

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