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Another blow to the Tiktaalik is the fact that the fins evolutionists claim allow it to crawl on land are not attached to the skeletal structure with bone; the connection is made with muscle. In short, the fin cannot support weight.

amusing.

you are aware of a common surgery on dogs with hip dysplasia, yes? the one which removes the femoral head, leaving a scar-joint in place of the defective ossial joint, yes? you know, the one wherein the end result is a functional load-bearing leg which is connected to the pelvis entirely through soft tissue?

Soft or hard, the scientific literature is ooh-ing and aah-ing over the similarity of Tiktaalik's forelimbs to those of the earliest amphibians. Whether the attachment is hard or soft, the configuration is almost amphibian. And that's where Tiktaalik fits in, a fish that is almost an amphibian. That is the claim to be rebutted, and one would have to address the totality of parallels in the head--all those lobe-finned fish and amphbian heads are extremely similar--spine, hind-limbs, etc.

Then you have to remember that he is rebutting a sweeping if far from complete summary of what sort of transitionals there are by stating that Tiktaalik's shoulder connection is in soft tissue. Tiktaalik was maybe one sentence in the post.

The proof they're right is that you can't make them remember where they're wrong. Also, a global conspiracy of evil dumb people is trying to make them look bad by faking evidence against them.

Which reminds me, I need a new fossil press from Darwin Central. All mine will make is stupid brachiopods. I'm smothering in brachiopods. I use them for wall rocks.