[concerned about politics]

I can buy that (and do, actually), but intelligent design, or divine purpose, doesn't preclude the process being a reality.

Sure it does. Man DNA appeared out of no where. "Poof!"

[PatrickHenry]

Man DNA appeared out of no where. "Poof!"

Human Ancestors.
The Evidence for Human Evolution.
Comparison of all Hominid skulls.

Don't miss this one: Chimpanzees and humans share a common ancestor, and even today 99 percent of the two species' DNA is identical.

[AshfieldK]

DNA did come from nowhere. All matter came from nowhere. First there was nothing, then there was everything - creation. The subsequent ordering of that random new stuff is also creation. The evolution of life is creation. Creation wasn't just a single moment. Creation is the entirety of history and the entirety of the future. The source of creation is the creator, God. There isn't any contradiction between evoultion and creation, because, like I said, evolution is part of the total creation.