To: GunRunner; Olog-hai
Transitional fossils and taxonomic groups are subjective terms that help our understanding of the process. It doesnt change the fact that evolution is ongoing and constant, hence you and I are the transitional fossil between an early primate and whatever homo-sapien evolves into in several hundred million years. Mere supposition that doesn't address the extreme discreteness of the fossil record. Like it or not, the reason taxonomic groups exist to help our understanding in the first place is because of the discrete nature of the record (and of living creatures) that naturalistic evolution simply cannot explain on the macroscale.
172 posted on
09/01/2011 8:20:26 AM PDT by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
("A gentleman considers what is just; a small man considers what is expedient.")
To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
One would expect the fossil record to be discrete. Fossilization is phenomenon that is extremely rare and reliant on very specific environmental and geologic circumstances.
On the contrary, evolution is quite adequate for explaining the vast variety of living creatures on Earth. It is a method to the madness.
174 posted on
09/01/2011 8:42:49 AM PDT by
GunRunner
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