[CaptainJustice]

Well, if every living thing on earth was evolving from one thing into trillions, then there should be a vast ocean of fossil evidence that us poor backwards creationists could drown in. If all primates and humans evolved from a common ancestor there should be many many many fossils indicating this. However, the vast majority of fossils found of "primitive man" were faked or were in conclusive. (i.e. the famous case of a certain primitive man being inferred from someone finding a pig's tooth)

Its not just that there isn't much fossil evidence, its that there isn't ANY! There should be tons if everything on earth was evolving from common ancestors.

[PatrickHenry]

Well, if every living thing on earth was evolving from one thing into trillions, then there should be a vast ocean of fossil evidence that us poor backwards creationists could drown in. If all primates and humans evolved from a common ancestor there should be many many many fossils indicating this.

The evidence you say does not exist actually does, although not in the quantity that you demand, because of the natural rarity of fossil-formation. But you didn't answer my question. What do you think a "transitional fossil" would look like?

[jennyp]

Well, if every living thing on earth was evolving from one thing into trillions, then there should be a vast ocean of fossil evidence that us poor backwards creationists could drown in.

Which lack of transitional fossils were you referring to?

Was it the transition from fishes to amphibians?

Or was it the transition from amphibians to reptiles?

Or was it the transition from reptiles to birds?

Or was it the transition from reptiles to mammals?

Or was it the transition from a common ancestor to dogs, cats, bears, sealions, & hyenas?

Or was it the transition from land mammals to whales & dolphins?

Or was it the transition from a common ancestor to horses, donkeys, zebras, & rhinos?

Or was it the transition from a common ancestor to hippos, pigs, camels, & giraffes?

Or was it the transition from a common ancestor to modern humans & apes?

[jennyp]

If all primates and humans evolved from a common ancestor there should be many many many fossils indicating this. However, the vast majority of fossils found of "primitive man" were faked or were in conclusive. (i.e. the famous case of a certain primitive man being inferred from someone finding a pig's tooth)

There are several dozens of fossils of our ancestors. You cite Nebraska Man (a very tentative claim that got blown up in the popular press before it was retracted). I'm sure at some point you'll mention Piltown Man (a hoax that was exposed as such by evolutionists) too.

But out here in the real world, the evidence shows several gradual transitions from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens sapiens. In fact some of them are so gradual that prominent creationist writers cannot agree among themselves over whether many fossils are "just an ape" or "just a human".

In fact, just today a new fossil from Olduvai Gorge is proving to yank Homo rudolfensis back into Homo habilis (the ancestor of Homo erectus).