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Wikipedias are places where people work together to write encyclopedias in different languages. We use Simple English words and grammar here. The Simple English ... MainPage FromSimpleEnglishWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch WelcometoWikipedia, thefreeencyclopediathatanyonecanchange.   Searchthe205,301articlesintheSimpleEnglishWikipedia HowtowriteSimpleEnglishpages ·Usefulpages ·Simpletalk ·Categories ·Help SchoolsGateway(foruserswhowanttomakechangesfromaschool) AboutWikipedia ThisisthefrontpageoftheSimpleEnglishWikipedia.Wikipediasareplaceswherepeopleworktogethertowriteencyclopediasindifferentlanguages.WeuseSimpleEnglishwordsandgrammarhere.TheSimpleEnglishWikipediaisforeveryone!ThatincludeschildrenandadultswhoarelearningEnglish. Thereare205,301articlesontheSimpleEnglishWikipedia.Allofthepagesarefreetouse.TheyhaveallbeenpublishedunderboththeCreativeCommonsAttribution/Share-AlikeLicense3.0andtheGNUFreeDocumentationLicense.Youcanhelphere!Youmaychangethesepagesandmakenewpages.Readthehelppagesandothergoodpagestolearnhowtowritepageshere.Ifyouneedhelp,youmayaskquestionsatSimpletalk. Whenwritingarticleshere: UseBasicEnglishwordsandshortersentences.Thisallowspeopletounderstandcomplextermsorphrases. Writegoodpages.Thebestencyclopediapageshaveuseful,well-writteninformation. Usethepagestolearnandteach.ThesepagescanhelppeoplelearnEnglish.YoucanalsousethemtomakeanewWikipediatohelpotherpeople. Simpledoesnotmeanshort.WritinginSimpleEnglishmeansthatsimplewordsareused.Itdoesnotmeanreaderswantbasicinformation.Articlesdonothavetobeshorttobesimple;expandarticles,adddetails,butusebasicvocabulary. Bebold!Yourarticledoesnothavetobeperfect,becauseothereditorswillfixitandmakeitbetter.Andmostimportantly,donotbeafraidtostartandmakearticlesbetteryourself. Selectedarticle Evolutionisascientifictheoryusedbybiologists.Itexplainshowanimalsandplantschangedoveralongtime,andhowtheyhavecometobethewaytheyare. Earthisveryold,about4.5billionyears.BystudyingthelayersofrockthatmakeupEarth'scrust,scientistscanfindoutaboutitspast.Thiskindofresearchiscalledhistoricalgeology. Weknowthatlivingthingshavechangedovertime,becausewecanseetheirremainsintherocks.Theseremainsarecalled'fossils'.Soweknowthattheanimalsandplantsoftodayaredifferentfromthoseoflongago.Andthefurtherwegoback,themoredifferentthefossilsare. Howhasthiscomeabout?Evolutionhastakenplace.Thatevolutionhastakenplaceisafact,becauseitisoverwhelminglysupportedbymanylinesofevidence.Atthesametime,evolutionaryquestionsarestillbeingactivelyresearchedbybiologists. 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