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Baraminology
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The identification and study of biblical kinds (baramins), equivalent within postcreationism to biological systematics
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Baramin or “Created Kind” or “Biblical Kind” or Kind
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The fundamental biological unit of postcreationism, roughly comparable to a genus- or family-level clade in mainstream taxonomy. Successful hybridization of two extant species is considered sufficient but not necessary evidence that they are members of the same baramin
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Holobaramin
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The totality of members of a single baramin, including extant, fossil, and extinct varieties and individuals. Equivalent to a monophyletic clade
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Archeobaramin or “Original Pair”
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The most recent original population from which all extant members of a baramin descended. The archeobaramin for each terrestrial vertebrate baramin is associated with 2–14 individuals on the Ark during the flood; the archeobaramin for other baramins is associated with the original populations of the Genesis Creation Week. Equivalent to the common ancestor of basal clade
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Microevolution
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Descent with modification by standard biological processes, resulting in diversification which may include speciation within a single holobaramin
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Macroevolution
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Evolutionary change sufficient to generate a novel kind. Often depicted by postcreationists as a member of one kind transitioning into membership within another kind; purported necessary to permit universal common descent. Also used synonymously with the theory of universal common descent as well as more broadly, including abiogenesis; often referred to colloquially as “molecules to man evolution” or “from goo to you by way of the zoo” (Hill et al. 1985) in YEC rhetoric
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