Eight words is a lot of words? I can see why you're having trouble following my point.
your point???
The assertion has been made (specifically by the other person I addressed that last post to, but not only by him) that species are fixed and unchangeable--that one species cannot possibly develop change into another. On the other hand, a scenario has been proposed by which 37 species of cats have developed from a much smaller "cat-kind" sample on the Ark. If the second thing happened, then the first assertion is false. Clear?
Our understanding of biology has grown steadily over the centuries, leading us closer to the true number. We now know more about the full diversity of land animals, for instance. We have also learned that many species may belong to the same kind. If species can interbreed and produce hybrids, it is assumed that they descended from a pair of animals on the Ark that could interbreed.
For instance, big cats like lions and tigers can be interbred with each other, creating hybrid “ligers” and “tigons.” Indeed, it appears that all members of the cat family (Felidae) may be connected through a series of hybrid pairings that ultimately connects different cat species to each other. In such cases, it seems that only one original “kind” onboard the Ark produced all of these species. So if “kind” is above species, where does it lie in our modern taxonomy?
-Dr. Marcus Ross