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To: OWK
I can get you quotes from one of the most prominent evolutionist in the nation admitting that the fossil record for evolution is barren to the point that evolutionists can even fill out evolutionary trees in theory. Stephen J. Gould:

The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology. The evolutionary trees that adorn our textbooks have data only at the tips and nods of their branches; the rest is inference, however reasonable, not the evidence of fossils. Yet Darwin was so wedded to gradualism that he wagered his entire theory on a denial of this literal record." (Gould, Stephen J. "The Panda’s Thumb, 1980, p. 181)

Very rarely can we trace the gradual transformation of one entire species into another through a finely graded sequence of intermediary forms." (Gould, S.J. Luria, S.E. & Singer, S., A View of Life, 1981, p. 641.)

So, Gould, not being a complete fool like you are, made up another unproveable idea of punctuated equilibria (evolution happened so fast there is no evidence for it).

415 posted on 02/07/2002 11:30:26 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: Ol' Sparky
I can get you quotes from one of the most prominent evolutionist in the nation admitting that the fossil record for evolution is barren to the point that evolutionists can even fill out evolutionary trees in theory.

And I would give a rat's ass about this, why?

421 posted on 02/07/2002 11:32:30 AM PST by OWK
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