The scientific method can never prove anything. This is because the scientific method is about falsifying a hypothesis. You test it oen to see if it is false, if it is not and you have enough support from other experiments you can say that you have a theory. The method is why science does not produced facts or truths etc. Science does not produce proof or proofs, that is something that exist in mathamatics, science produces support for an idea, but that support is indirect. It can be thought of like outlining a shape, we don't touch it but by eliminating the surrounding space we produce a something that outlines the shape or so we think.
The fundamental quality of the scientific method is that it seeks to falsify a hypthesis.
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Current evolutionary theory is well supported, there are gaps in certain parts but compared to the overall support the theory has, it is well vetted. What specific things do you beleive are missing? Or a better question yet is to ask what is your full knowledge on current theories? How much have you really looked into them? It really is a vast field. I am just trying to understand how much knowledge you have on the topic to get a better picture of where you are coming from.
Yes just think about the all the points along the line where there is a fork? What caused it to fork and not just evolve?