| Selected Topics | Predictions of the Young-Earth Creation Model | Predictions of the Old-Earth Evolution Model | The Evidence |
| Fossil Record | 1) Abrupt appearance of complex life | 1) Simple life to complex | Cambrian Explosion |
| 2) Simple and complex life together from the beginning | 2) Complex life always following simple life-forms | Cambrian Explosion |
| 3) Stasis of kinds (sharp boundaries among types of plants and animals) | 3) Continuum of transitional forms from simple to complex | No undisputed transitional forms have ever been found |
| 4) Ability to classify fossils by same criteria used today | 4) Difficulty classifying fossils by same criteria used today | Many examples of living fossils (eg. Coelacanth, crinoids) |
| 5) Mosaics of complete traits in unique combinations (good design) | 5) Many bad designs which were replaced by more highly evolved life | Archaeopteryx, a Mosaics example |
