Come on! You cannot prove this. How do you know there isn't an ancestral form that existed but went extinct with no other trace? Some mutational dead end that this creature is the only decendent of? You are attempting to Prove the Negative here.
In other words, you couldn't tell it from an extra-terrestrial.
Begs the Question that there are extra-terrestrials (which is a more plausible explanation than)
that's an example of special creation.
Begs the Question that special creation is a valid concept over and above other explanations, such as mutation or, as yet, unknown evolutional factors.
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Yes. All scientific tests are either/or. Either my theory survives this experiement or it doesn't. Are you criticising my point or what?
Sorry, it was the chain of logic that led up to this point. Previous to your comments
one could argue that if fossils from two species, such as humans and dinosaurs, were found together, that would argue against the Theory of Evolution, but I don't see how one could argue that in order for creation to be true one would have to find any possible combination of species. There are millions or species, so having any possible combination would require quadrillions of fossils.
The very existence of fossils means that either God is trying to trick us, or the world is other than Creation. The understanding of when what was placed where is irrelevant.
IOW, the mere fact of a fossil record exists is either/or. . . especially when one takes into account generations of creatures that are the predicate for our very existence.
I'm not criticizing your point, I'm saying it doesn't exist.
Okay. Next time I post my "Five Failed Predictions" rant, I'll put you down as a "no" vote.