[Nathan Zachary]

The fossil record has never shown primates were evolutionists aunts and uncles. The articles starts out with an unproven statement and states it as fact. The "fossil record" also shows that the lake sturgeon hasn't 'evolved' in the least for 10,000 million years, doesn't this prove evolution doesn't happen? I just love the tangled web evolution theory has woven. every new discovery contradicts another.

[stockpirate]

lawyers haven't even started to evolve/

[Sols]

Just because some species have existed relatively unchanged for a few tens of millions of years doesn't mean evolution doesn't happen. There is nothing about genetic drift or natural selection that would force ALL species to evolve.

Also, your 10,000 million year unchanged sturgeon "factoid" is only off by about 9,900 million years.

[Alter Kaker]

The "fossil record" also shows that the lake sturgeon hasn't 'evolved' in the least for 10,000 million years,

Given that 10,000 million years is about twice as old as the solar system, I'm a bit incredulous. But you raise an important question -- why do some organisms appear to change very little over long periods of time whereas other organisms change dramatically. The answer is the idea of a niche -- if an organism is well adapted to its particlar environment, no force will push it to change. In fact, evolutionary forces will work against it changing significantly. This is all the more true when you're talking about large populations.