Elephant, Manatees and Hyrax are all evolved from a single ancestor. If you watch them closely then you can see the similarities.
Yes, I think it does accept the theory of evolution, or at least has no objection to it.
" In the 1950 encyclical Humani generis, Pope Pius XII confirmed that there is no intrinsic conflict between [Roman Catholic] Christianity and the theory of evolution, provided that Christians believe that the individual soul is a direct creation by God and not the product of purely material forces.[1] Today, the Church supports theistic evolution(ism), also known as evolutionary creation,[2] although Catholics are free not to believe in any part of evolutionary theory."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_evolution
No. The Christian churches deny it.
Formerly, yes, but read the whole history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_of_evolution_by_religious_groups
https://souloftheeast.org/2016/05/13/orthodoxy-evolution/
Well, T(h)ink was again faster - lol.
Yes, we tend to forget that modern humans are also mammals:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal
with a common link to the above mentioned "Paeungulata" (Elefant, Manatee and Dugong, Hyrax)
and most other mammals, except for monotremata and marsupials, which split at an earlier stage:
i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placentalia
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paenungulata
No need to repeat everything:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humani_generis
It took, though, a long time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_religion_and_science
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