pete, for the umpteemillionth time, there will ALWAYS be conflicting interpretations of the data because REAL scientists don't deal in absolute certainties. Within the various relevant fields of study there are large areas of consensus though.

On the other hand, religious fusndamentalists - like you and your American chums - know the answers already. You only need to do "research" because the findings of modern science conflict utterly with the Biblical account of 'creation'- and you are desperate to refute those findings.

Of course people in the past believed the biblical account - because they knew no better - trouble is, you and your American fundamentalist chums are still stuck back there in the middle ages!