[js1138]

Regardless, he was a gradualist and the fossil record does not back up gradualism.

Define gradualism.

Be specific. Give me a specific "gap" in the fossil record that is inconsistent with evolution as currently understood. Describe the length of the gap. Name the two species that comprise the bookends of the gap.

[Tribune7]

Gradualism is the belief that evolution occurred via the accumulation of slight modifications over generations

Be specific. Give me a specific "gap" in the fossil record that is inconsistent with evolution as currently understood. Describe the length of the gap. Name the two species that comprise the bookends of the gap.

How about I just quote Stephen Gould? You accept him as an authority right?

All paleontologists know that the fossil record contains precious little in the way of intermediate forms; transitions between major groups are characteristically abrupt. Gradualists usually extract themselves from this dilemma by invoking the extreme imperfection of the fossil record--if only one step in a thousand survives as a fossil, geology will not record continuous change.