Don't forget to click on the links for evidence of smooth change in the fossil record and of punk-eek scenarios. There'll be a quiz.
So you have this and then you have "Someone or something goes around magically making new species every so often." Or did it all happen one time 6K years ago but you're too embarrassed to talk about your story?
See, that's the real problem, religion. That and maybe ancestral pride. Nobody complains about string theory, although it's far more tentative than whether or not evolution occurs. String theory doesn't conflict with Genesis, and string theory doesn't say your ancestors were apes, then lemurs, then reptiles, then amphibians, then fish, then slime molds as you go farther and farther back.
Their explanation is that a group of creatures was cut off from the rest of their species. Since the group probably lived in a small inhospitable fringe area, they would be under selection pressure. Being a small group, they were able to evolve fairly quickly. Then, later, they spread, and replaced their parent species.It's too bad you don't see the humor in this.