“You’ve asked for detailed and specific answers to vague and unspecific questions.”
I, on the other hand, asked a focused and specific question earlier.
To: exDemMom
“The evolution of h. sapiens from h. erectus was not the result of a single key mutation. It was the result of an accumulation of mutations that made h. sapiens sufficiently different from h. erectus to be called a different species. “
There must have been great numbers of transitional skeletons left along that journey. Where could I view some?
There must have been great numbers of transitional skeletons left along that journey. Where could I view some?
There is no evidence of human descent from hominids because it never happened. Hominids were bipedal apes, the most advanced members of the same family as chimpanzees and gorillas; we are simply not a member of that family.
Let's put it this way. The idea of "transitional" forms has been taken by creationist hucksters and skewed so far from its original usage that I'm not going to waste time with it, beyond pointing out that there are no flocks of scientists digging in the shale muttering "If only I could find a transitional fossil, then I could finally prove evolution is true!" Because of the continuous nature of the evolutionary process, ALL forms are transitional.
Now, if you would like to see human fossils as they existed at discreet points during the evolutionary process, I would suggest trying your local natural history museum, if it has an exhibit on human evolution. Or you can try google, but it's a bit more challenging to separate legitimate scientific websites from those of creationist hucksters hoping to trick a few more people out of some money. Most human fossils are catalogued and stored for use by researchers; they are not displayed.