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7 Major "Missing Links" Since Darwin
National Geographic ^ | March 2009 | Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

Posted on 03/01/2009 5:30:40 AM PST by Salman

For the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 2009), National Geographic News asked leading scientists for their picks of the most important fossils that show evolution in action ...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: anniversary; answersingenesis; creationism; crevo; darwin; evolution; fossilrecord; icrdotorg; junkscience; oldearthspeculation; piltdownman; religionofatheism; scientists
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To: scottinoc

I have several issues with Evolution, besides my faith in God. On is that if Evolution did happen, why is it still not happening? Why don’t we see any half-ape/half-man creatures somewhere on earth or in any time of our recorded history?


81 posted on 03/01/2009 9:27:49 AM PST by Max_850
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To: count-your-change

It’s amazing how many Darwinian just-so stories are no longer just-so.


82 posted on 03/01/2009 9:27:52 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: org.whodat

Gravity is an observable phenomenon. Evolution is not. There is not one observable instance of one species turning into another. Again, I’m not saying it’s all bunk. Indeed, there are many examples of micro-evolution. But macro-evolution is far from a well-established fact by the standards scientists use to define such.


83 posted on 03/01/2009 9:29:30 AM PST by scottinoc ("Katie, you're not the center of everyone's universe."-Gov Palin)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I have seen several living people who looked like they could have posed for the NGO paintings of “extinct” ape men.

I could not agree more!

84 posted on 03/01/2009 9:31:11 AM PST by jimmyray
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To: Max_850

Bingo. There are many things Darwin didn’t know. For example he didn’t know anything about DNA molecules and the marvelous complexity of this God-created blueprint for life. The more we know, the less plausible it is that random chance morphed primordial soup into sentient beings who have a concept of God. It simply doesn’t hold water as a be-all and end-all explanation for human origin, however it does have a place as a theory, and only as a theory.


85 posted on 03/01/2009 9:35:16 AM PST by scottinoc ("Katie, you're not the center of everyone's universe."-Gov Palin)
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To: CottShop

==IF Tiktaalik and other lobe finned fish are the best ‘examples of Macroevolution’ that Nat Geo or any scientist can put forth as their ‘best’ examples of transtions- then by golly their hypothesis of macroevolution is in serious serious trouble.

They know this. That is why they can no longer simply ignore Creation and ID scientists. That’s why they are lashing out and attacking us, because we are making them look like complete idiots. They can’t attack the message because they have no answer. So they are forced to attack the messenger. To my mind, it just shows how desperate they are. Indeed, it has gotten so bad that the Darwiniacs are beginning to throw Darwood overboard with articles with such titles as “What Darwin Didn’t Know,” and “Darwin Must Die, So that Evolution Can Live.” I have been predicting this day for the last several years, as the desperation in the Darwin Party had become palpable. Don’t they realize that when they casually throw these so-called “missing links” out there, they are setting themselves up for future embarrassment? Don’t they realize that the Creation and ID scientists will be there to rub in their faces for decades to come? Talk about myopia!


86 posted on 03/01/2009 9:38:26 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
see now that’s just naughty, dude. you’re gonna get in trouble >)

I am surprised it's still up.

87 posted on 03/01/2009 10:08:47 AM PST by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: metmom

That is because it is considered bad from to respond to a post that is over 3 years old.


88 posted on 03/01/2009 10:34:35 AM PST by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: raybbr

For those who don’t understand the picture on the right, it’s thought to be the first Major League pitcher’s try out. Of course back then rules on uniforms were a bit more relaxed then now.


89 posted on 03/01/2009 10:38:07 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Max_850
Why don’t we see any half-ape/half-man creatures somewhere on earth or in any time of our recorded history?

That's a good question in light of the evos response to the question, *If man descended from apes, why are there still apes?*

They usually come back with, *If Americans are descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans?*

The point being, that if some species branched off from the main group, there is no reason for the main group to not still be around.

90 posted on 03/01/2009 10:39:46 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: scottinoc

What stops the mirco changes from building up till they are macro?


91 posted on 03/01/2009 10:42:24 AM PST by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: scottinoc; Max_850
It simply doesn’t hold water as a be-all and end-all explanation for human origin, however it does have a place as a theory, and only as a theory.

It's big place as a theory is as an explanation for anything other than God.

If you don't want God in the picture, evolution is the only plausible explanation, even though it's not a very good one because of all the assumptions that have to be made to force it to *work*.

92 posted on 03/01/2009 10:43:02 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: DevNet

It wasn’t responded to much by the evos when it was posted and for all the times it’s been posted as a link, it’s not been acknowledged by any of the evos.

Not a *Oh, I’ll have to look at that*, or *Thanks for the link*, or *Hmmm, interesting theory*, or *I never heard of that before*.

Nothing. Silence. Zilch. Nada.

Evos just can’t seem to stomach the fact that there might be a reasonable explanation for the 6,000 year old earth. Then they’d have nothing to mock and ridicule creationists over. It’s simply no fun for them if they can’t cram creationists into a one size fits all box that they can make fun of because it doesn’t agree with them, as if evos are the final answer of all questions regarding origins and life.

It wouldn’t give them a good reason to reject the Bible.

FWIW.... where did you get the idea that it’s bad form to respond to a 3 year old post? Where’s that in the posting guidelines?


93 posted on 03/01/2009 10:50:24 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

*FWIW.... where did you get the idea that it’s bad form to respond to a 3 year old post? Where’s that in the posting guidelines?*

It is generally accepted as bad behavior to do such a thing - been that way since the early days of usenet.


94 posted on 03/01/2009 10:55:48 AM PST by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Yes evolution is a theory. Not a horror fantasy about an infinitely vengeful demon who tortures people because their ancestors sought knowledge.


95 posted on 03/01/2009 11:27:39 AM PST by Salman
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Do you believe the universe had a beginning?


96 posted on 03/01/2009 11:35:38 AM PST by Texas Songwriter
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To: DevNet
What stops the mirco changes from building up till they are macro?

Just trillions and trillions of iterations, which there isn't enough time in stable earth history to roll the dice that many times. That line of reasoning doesn't do it for me. It's similar to the infinte number of monkeys argument. Yes, theoretically they could write the works of Shakespeare if you give them enough time, but there isn't enough time to prove that experiment. I'm neither a mathemetician nor a biologist, just a non-believer in evolution. To me, it's a religion, and all religions require some degree of faith. Evolution (as an explanation for the entirety of sentient life) requires way more faith than I have. But I do not disparage it if it happens to be your belief.

97 posted on 03/01/2009 11:52:18 AM PST by scottinoc ("Katie, you're not the center of everyone's universe."-Gov Palin)
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To: Salman

“infinitely vengeful demon who tortures people because their ancestors sought knowledge”

I’d love to discuss that with you. The “First Couple” weren’t “seeking knowledge”. That’s not a true abstract. And I don’t know quite where to begin with the “tortures people” thing.

Have you any idea the prosperity that we have? The blessings of God are amazing.


98 posted on 03/01/2009 11:52:57 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: Texas Songwriter

“Do you believe the universe had a beginning?”

It’s not something that keeps me up at night to be honest.


99 posted on 03/01/2009 12:01:37 PM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Anyone who has such issues with God that they’d portray Him like that, isn’t interested in discussing, just demeaning.

They just say stuff like that to get a rise out of people.

Don’t waste your time.


100 posted on 03/01/2009 12:02:18 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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