LOL - you're right... zero awareness of any lack of proof ... It's why Darwin posited a possible explanation for the lack of proof...Now, all these years later we know the straw Darwin was grasping wasn't even real...
I find this 3000 year old bible verse very interesting. When God says there is nothing new under the sun it seems that He even means evolution which is just idolatry by any other name.
Jer 2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. (KJV)
Jer 2:27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ And to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’ (NKJV)