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This is a poorly-phrased poll - probably because it's a difficult question to phrase.
The question might be "do you believe in evolution? Yes or No"
There is a veritable universe of (some absurd) ideas on how we got here - aliens seeding the galaxy with primitive life forms, comets spreading panspermia, a diversity of earthly religions - each with its own traditions and inevitable myths, etc., etc..
And even then, few of these ideas explicitly exclude the possibility of evolution - intelligently directed or otherwise.
But having worked in the relatively-new field of ancient DNA, I have personally been involved in reconstructing the evolution of 2 major groups of mammals - and evolution is real (unless Him/Herself pre-arranged all of the evidence, including the fossil record, as some claim)....
Huh?!
Dean
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