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In science, nothing is proven.

Evolution is a scientific theory, which means it was a hypothesis that was tested and so far hasn’t been disproven.
gpt
That is not what “theory” means in a scientific context. Theory and hypothesis are not the same. A theory is an explanation about the natural world that has been repeatedly tested and corroborated using the scientific method and is widely accepted by the scientific community. For example, cell and germ theory, theory of relativity. A hypothesis is a supposition about why something is the way it is. This misconception of the two meaning the same thing leads to people thinking the theory of evolution is just a supposition, as you have just illustrated.