[PAR]

Does anyone here know how scientists who believe in evolution explain the fact that there have been so few transitional primate fossils discovered? Thanks.

[muawiyah]

Depends on how you define "transitional". One definition says that all individuals representative of the species, genus or class are, in fact, "transitional". I think you may be referring to the "transitional" that shows apelike and humanlike characteristics and then "splits off".

That sort of thing rarely occurs ~ one theory is that as a species splits individuals in each of the nascent subspecies keep breeding back into the other subspecies.

When it comes to humans that is entirely believable, and when we are speaking of the apes, you can go to the zoo and see truly incredible feats (if they let them get away with it), and the monkeys? I'm not even going to talk about the monkeys.

Definitely "breeding back" is the least of our concerns! And this should be a "family thread" anyway or we could show you pictures!