Evolution is defined as the theory that all forms of life are descended from one or a few ancestors by natural processes operative today. As an adequate scientific theory it should (1) be verified by experimentation, (2) be fruitful in terms of promoting useful research and (3) have predictive value. Evolution, as defined, cannot be verified by experimentation or observation, has shown little predictive value, and has led to many incorrect phylogenetic conclusions, as well as spurious embryological concepts such as Haeckel’s. Geological science is shown to be returning to local catastrophic theories in order to try and explain many observed facts. Similarities in the plant and animal kingdoms do not necessarily indicate descent as shown by the innumerable parallel variations in unrelated organisms. The lack of favorable mutations occurring under natural conditions is a serious difficulty in explaining evolution by natural selection. Fossil evidence for evolution is very meager and limited at best to micro-evolutionary change, or what might more properly be called simply variation within limits. This is particularly true as regards the study of human fossils.