What if single-celled life forms came to Earth in comets? And evolved from there? The two can be separate concerns.
But one (evolution) would not exist without the other.
In chapter one of any virtually any textbook addressing evolution, it begins with origins.
Time to deal with it.
I've said often that I don't agree fully with most evolutionary theory. I think life forms can imprint changes in their own DNA within their lifetimes and then pass that on to their offspring. I also think that organisms can change and adapt within certain limitations within their own lifetimes. That takes a lot of the randomness out of most evolutionary theory.
I have also said that I do not see ID in and of itself as an affront to the geological record - just efforts to impose a Young Earth mindset on such. Which leaves one's faith to decide if a higher power created life and gave it the power to adapt, spread and develop.