Contrary to the claims of some Fundamentalists, Genesis does not teach that the universe, including the earth and all living things on it, was created in a short period of time in the relatively recent past.
मूळ प्रकारच्या वनस्पती व प्राणी दीर्घकाळात फारसे बदललेले नाहीत, याला जीवाश्‍म अहवाल आणि आधुनिक संशोधन दुजोरा देतात.