[wbarmy]

Microfossil records for the Cenozoic show sudden mutations of extant forms into new forms

SO some scientist somewhere theorized that hypothesis, but there is no evidence that one microfossil is the descendant of another microfossil. There is absolutely no way to prove that. I read all of the latest Biology textbooks and where they make those claims, they ALWAYS use modifiers; might have produced, could have descended from, probably descended from, etc. You read some line in a blog somewhere and regurgitated it whole cloth.

[lentulusgracchus]

You read some line in a blog somewhere and regurgitated it whole cloth.

No I did not, and how dare you make a stupid accusation like that in the dark? I'm a petroleum geologist and spent my career dealing with the findings of micropaleontologists and their basic data on occasion. I'm quite comfortable talking about the disappearance of Hyalinaea balthica from the Gulf of Mexico fossil record, and its significance.

I also saw a man from Woods Hole, a guy with terminal-degree and post-doc training, make a fool of creationist Henry Morrison at the 1996 annual convention of the Archaeological Institute of America during a presentation on geochronology, micropaleontology, and their significance for educating creationists about the futility of their stupid drivel.</off mustard -- which you started>

Jerk.