No, the fossil record is just misinformation planted by aliens to lead us all astray...
No, wait, the fossil record is misinformation planted by Satan to lead us all astray...
No, wait, the fossil record is misinformation planted by Slartibartifast and his cohorts to cover the fact that the white mice are really in charge and we are just part of a large computer running an extremely complex program...
No, wait...
I'm so confused...
Or even by God, to give Adam a nice fully-developed home with a lived-in appearance. This is the Omphalos, or bellybutton, hypothesis. Adam had a bellybutton, you see, despite not being born the normal way.