The Theory of Evolution The theory of evolution has been a hot topic for over a century. Since Charles Darwin released his book, The Origin of Species, many scientists have been trying to find conclusive evidence to prove evolution as fact, rather then theory. For many people, evolution is a satisfactory answer to how we got here. But many others feel discontented with that theory, and find that evolution is not feasible. Although accepted by much of the scientific community, evolution is not a reasonable theory. Present day evolutionary theory states that "long ago microscopic life must somehow have arisen spontaneously from nonliving matter” (Life 38). In The Selfi