Creation vs. Evolution, What was before what we know?

A lover of paleontology, almost two decades ago I began to find many flaws in the theory of evolution. The things I studied and discovered did not correspond to the statements of evolutionists, and there were more and more inconsistencies, inconsistencies, and even outright lies that I came across. What was this due to? Why would there be an interest in manipulating the paleontological record? Who gains anything from that?
Paleontology is the science that studies fossil records, that is, pre...