Pattern: Change over Time
ÒA general sense of change over timeÓ
Change admitted by all but a few Greek philosophers
Coupled with Òa parallel set of data for changes in the earth itselfÓ
Parts company with young-earth creation
But not with old-earth creation
Thomson sees this as:
ÒThe most solidly based fact of evolutionÓ
But  no Òstatement/inference about processÓ