[grey_whiskers]

Funny, but someone on one of these threads once told me that most animals and plants never become fossils. If that is so, how is there an "extensive fossil record"?

The same way that the children of Sam Walton are all billionaires despite the meager profit margin at Wal-Mart.

There have been so *many* animals and plants, that even though the chance of any particular one being fossilized is small, the total number of fossils is stil considerable...

Cheers!

[SoldierDad]

The same way that the children of Sam Walton are all billionaires despite the meager profit margin at Wal-Mart.

Certainly an interesting, but unuseful, analogy. However, I've yet to find anyone who can tell me where are those fossil remains which conclusively demonstrat the micro-changes which would support the contention that one species of animal "evolved" into another completely different species.