[Aquinasfan]

After a bit, the squids eye would come to adapt to daylight existence. The reason these critters' eyes are perfect for their particular existences is that millions of years of environmental pressure and experimentation have hit upon the current setup.

Again, a nice story. But where are the transitional fossils? As time goes on, the fossil record looks even worse for microevolution than it did during Darwin's time. Besides being "gappy," you have the problem of unevolved, "living fossils" like the coelecanth and the horseshoe crab.

[VadeRetro]

Again, a nice story. But where are the transitional fossils?

Back again, dumb as a stump, I see. St. Tom A. would be embarrassed.

You have been linked hundreds of transitionals. Your attempt to dismiss every one such as "integrated and fully functional" has been detected for the lawyerly evasion it is.

Come back with something new, when you think of it.

[Junior]

Once again, every fossil, unless it represents an evolutionary dead end, is a transitional fossil. I've already supplied links to transitional fossil sites to show you that transitionals are not as uncommon as you think they are. VadeRetro has supplied a link showing smooth transitions between several shellfish species in the fossil record. I understand you may be getting overwhelmed with new information, never having been exposed to these concepts before, so I'm going to repost my links for your persusal and so you won't be forced to hunt through the thread to find them:

Macroevolution, Speciation and Transitional Species

• 20 Answers from an Evolutionist {Russell Stewart}

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution (9 & 10) (2001-03-16)

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution (11 & 12) (2001-03-20)

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution (13 & 14) (2001-03-28)

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution (17 and 18) (2001-04-07)

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution - #19, 20, 2 (2001-05-20)

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution - #22, 23, 24 (2001-05-24)

• 29 Evidences for Macroevolution, Thread The Next (2001-04-02)

• African Elephants Are Now One of Two Kinds [Elephant Evolution] (2001-08-24)

• All About Archaeopteryx {Chris Nedin, Talk Origins, January 15, 1999}

• Archaeopteryx FAQs, The {Chris Nedin, Talk Origins, 1995-1997}

• Archaeopteryx's Relationship With Modern Birds {Thomas Holtz, Jr., 1995}

• Biologists Uncover Darwin's ‘Missing Evidence’ for Divergence of Species in a Warbler's Song (2001-01-19)

• DNA and Darwin: Research Shows that Evolution Repeats Itself in Caribbean Lizards (2001-04-07)

• Ensatina eschscholtzi: Speciation in Progress

• Evidence for Dinosaur-Bird Transition, The (A Sidebar Thread) (2001-07-09)

• Macroevolution {John Wilkins, Talk Origins, 1997}

• Macro-Evolution versus Moses (Several Parts) (1999-12-14)

• Magic of Evolutionary Speciation, The [Part I] (2000-03-16)

• Magic of Evolutionary Speciation, The [ Part II] (2000-04-02)

• Magic of Evolutionary Speciation, The [ Part III] (2000-04-11)

• Observed Instances of Speciation {Joseph Boxhorn, Talk Origins, September 1, 1995}

• On Creation Science and "Transitional Fossils"  {Tim Thompson}

• Process of Speciation, The {University of Michigan, 1996}

• Speciation {Kimball's Biology Pages, December 1, 2001}

• Speciation by Punctuated Equilibrium {Don Lindsay}

• Speciation Conference Brings Good News for Creationists (2000-05-18)

• Study Hints at How Genetic Mutations Led to Macroevolutionary Change (2002-02-07)

• Ted Holden's "Intermediate Fossil" Quotes from Walter ReMine's "Biotic Message" {Andrew MacRae}

• Transitional Fossils -- Age and Descent {Wesley R. Elsberry}

• Transitional Fossils Leading to Orbulina {April 26, 1998}

• Transitional Fossils FAQ {Kathleen Hunt}

• Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ {Kathleen Hunt, Talk Origins, March 17, 1997}

• Water Lily Study Sheds Light on Evolution of Flowering Plants {Scientific American}

[Junior]

Besides being "gappy," you have the problem of unevolved, "living fossils" like the coelecanth and the horseshoe crab.

Not every environment changes constantly. The environments populated by the coelocanth and the horshoe crab (and certain species of sharks, and alligators, et al) have remained pretty much the same for millions of years. There has been no strong pressure to adapt or die.