[allmendream]

“Combined with fossil evidence from Tiktaalik and genetic evidence from sharks, paddlefish and the Australian lungfish, it is now completely proven that fingers have evolved from distal radials already present in fish that gave rise to the tetrapod.”

I wouldn't go around saying anything in science is ever “completely proven”; but your article authors tend to view Tiktaaik as a brilliant find that sheds much light on the subject of tetrapod evolution.

Do you disagree with this view of the authors of the article you sourced?

[Diamond]

Yes, I do disagree with the view of the authors that fingers evolved from distal radials already present in fish. I am aware of the conclusions of the authors that I excerpted, and I included them to show that it really doesn't matter when evolutionists contradict one another on the very details that are supposed to constitute evidence for the fish to tetrapod transition; the original sea-to-land presumption never, ever gets questioned. The intractable contradictions still will somehow always manage to "shed light on the subject of tetrapod evolution." For me, presuming a linear evolutionary relationship and then presenting that presumption as evidence of evolution does not inspire a lot of confidence in the validity of such conclusions.

I asked you to show me the feet on Tiktaalik. Tiktaalik had no digits. It had non-digit radial bones, i.e. fins.

Cordially,