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To: FastCoyote
Checked out the first link briefly. These appear to be bones, not fossils. How do we know these were found as a whole as opposed to fabricated? How are we supposed to know whether these particular bones lend credence to the notion that whales once had hips or legs? What benefit would there be in terms of survival for natural selection to eliminate the same? Why did natural selection deprive humans of the obvious benefit of gills?

Please be advised that whatever you propose in the way of an answer will not be received as an article of fact, but as an article of faith.

342 posted on 02/05/2005 8:08:57 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Check #337, a fossil whale with legs and arms. Oooops, guess that's impossible.

My point with the modern humpback skeleton is that it even has floating pelvic bones, and there are descriptions from whalers with even greater vestigial structures depending on the species, etc. Believe what you want. I'm going with the story visible in the bones.


349 posted on 02/05/2005 8:14:05 PM PST by FastCoyote
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To: Fester Chugabrew
How do we know these were found as a whole as opposed to fabricated?

How do we know you're not a space alien?

350 posted on 02/05/2005 8:15:26 PM PST by Right Wing Professor (Evolve or die!)
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