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1. Were these remains of the different species found in the same geographic location?

No. Have you tried clicking the links?

2. How complete were the skeletons and/or fossils on which the hypothesis is based?

How much exactly did you read? Why don't you know?

3. Exactly why is it presumed that figure b represents a transition from a to c?

What exactly do you imagine Darwin_is_passe is asking to see in the fossil record when he asks "Where are the transitionals?" If what we do see in the fossil record is different from this, what is a fossil-record transitional and how would you know?

I can see how one could make the presumption, but we are still stuck with the problem of transitioning from fins to legs, from gills to lungs.

Your ability to get stuck may not be science in the purest sense of the word.

Since these species were not found in the same geographical location, one must make a presumption that some event occurred to force a move. This is, of course, in addition to the presumption that one evolved from the other.

I asked you the questions about the completeness of the fossils because that was not mentioned in what you posted. I presumed, mistakenly obviously, that you knew the material you had posted and could answer the question quickly. Perhaps when I have some hours to kill, I can wade through the material in the links and garner the answer myself, since you do not seem to know.

Again, it seems you cannot address the issue of fins turning into legs and gills into lungs. Therefore, the problem still exists. One must just presume that these things occurred.

Since these species were not found in the same geographical location, one must make a presumption that some event occurred to force a move. This is, of course, in addition to the presumption that one evolved from the other.

I asked you the questions about the completeness of the fossils because that was not mentioned in what you posted. I presumed, mistakenly obviously, that you knew the material you had posted and could answer the question quickly. Perhaps when I have some hours to kill, I can wade through the material in the links and garner the answer myself, since you do not seem to know.

Again, it seems you cannot address the issue of fins turning into legs and gills into lungs. Therefore, the problem still exists. One must just presume that these things occurred.