"... Just like with covid19 and climate change..."
There is power to be gained by serving up evolution as expanation for life on the planet. People tend to belive anything PHD's say when they speak with authority and wear a white lab coat.
The simplest explanation is the correct one: The earth was created. By what we know as God, who is what we know as a spirit. Even our language is limited... but our science is like a child playing in a sand box in comparison to the things made.