Lines of evidence from many fields of study, from fossils to DNA sequences, have been important in developing evolutionary theory. Why is it important to have supporting evidence from a variety of fields?

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Mariah Hinton

Biology

6 October, 14:16

Lines of evidence from many fields of study, from fossils to DNA sequences, have been important in developing evolutionary theory. Why is it important to have supporting evidence from a variety of fields?

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Hezekiah Salinas · Answer 1

One reason why it's important to collect evidence from many fields is that the methodology of each field can introduce a bias through its measurement methods.

For example, imagine that we find out that our method of sequencing DNA is proven to be wrong - if we collect information from many different fields, then this will not invalidate the evolutionary theory, as evidence from other fields still supports it.