The scriptures reveal in Genesis from the Old Testament and in Moses from the Pearl of Great Price that God created the earth and the inhabitants such that they were to live upon this new world the He had created. My studies of evolution do not contradict these truths, rather validate the brilliance of God who created this perfect plan. In Moses 2:21 it says, “And I, God, created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly.” This parallels the diagram presented in Understanding Evolution; section “The history of life: looking at the patterns” page 1, where it shows the beginning of evolution from the waters starting with sharks to other species such as primates, rabbits to birds. Also,