[MEGoody]

"This wouldn't be one of those "transition species" would it?"

So the Platypus and modern humans evolved from the same ancestor? Gee, I always was told it was humans and apes who evolved from the same ancestor.

Whaddya know.

[shubi]

Common descent is a foundational principle. It has been upheld by all the data. In other words, all life is related to each other somewhere along the tree of life.