God Vishnu's ten main avatars in a definitive order, from simple life-forms to more complex, and saw the Dashavatara as a reflection, or a foreshadowing, of the modern theory of evolution.
- Matsya: fish, the first class of vertebrates; evolved in water(Indicates origin of Fishes in Silurian Period)
- Kurma: amphibious (living in both water and land; but not to confuse with the vertebrate class amphibians)(Indicates origin of Amphibians in Devonian Period).
- Varaha: mammals, wild land animals (Indicates Mammals origin in Triassic Period)
- Narasimha: beings that are half-animal and half-human (indicative of emergence of human thoughts and intelligence in powerful wild nature)
- Vamana: short, premature human beings
- Parasurama: Early humans living in forests and using weapons
- Rama: Humans living in community, beginning of civil society
- Krishna: Humans practising animal husbandry, politically advanced societies
- Buddha: Humans finding enlightenment
- Kalki: Advanced humans with great powers.
God Vishnu 10 Avatars
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