Specific creation

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"Specific creation" or "Creation of Species" is the belief that God created each species of living thing separately. According to this view, whatever internal evidence appears to show a family-tree relationship between species was included as part of the original creation. For our purposes it can be considered to be a version of Baraminology (i.e. creation within the Biblical "kinds"). Biological science recognises many millions of species, however.