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To: PatrickHenry
...describe a remarkable fossil that bridges the gap between fish and amphibian..."

A TADPOLE does that... so what? That's supposed to prove that the evolution is reasonable?

74 posted on 04/02/2004 6:42:06 PM PST by greenwolf
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To: greenwolf
A TADPOLE does that... so what?

A baby amphibian looks like a grown-up fish.

Did you know that a baby horseshoe crab looks like a grown-up (but quite extinct) trilobite? Did you know that a baby lamprey (primitive jawless fish) looks like a grown up primitive chordate? I suppose you knew that hatchling insects typically look like segmented worms.

In each case (supported by independent lines of evidence) it appears that the resemblance is based upon descent. That is, amphibians indeed spring from fish, insects from segmented worms, etc.

77 posted on 04/02/2004 6:50:43 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: greenwolf
"That's supposed to prove that the evolution is reasonable?"

Yes, if added to all the other evidence collected over the decades.

I've yet to see any evidence collected by creationists/IDers. All I've ever seen them do is trash the one theory which HAS evidence to support it. Their arguments are entirely negative; no positive evidence is ever offered, save Scriptural quotes which are unverifiable.

78 posted on 04/02/2004 6:52:13 PM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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