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Below is Predictions 4 & 5 (jennyp posted #2 & #3) in a series of 29 different lines of evidence that all living organisms are related by common descent. That makes 29 predictions that the Theory of Evolution makes about what we should find in the world. 29 opportunities for it to be falsified. Prediction 4: Possible morphologies of predicted common ancestors Any fossilized animals found should conform to the standard phylogenetic tree. Every node shared between two branches represents a predicted common ancestor; thus there are ~30 common ancestors predicted from the tree shown in Figure I. Our standard ...

This is the sixth continuation of the original thread (see also Thread 2 and Thread 3 and Thread 4, thread 5--with the same title). The opening paragraphs of the subject article states: Inspired of the Holy Spirit, Paul declared, "For the invisible things of him [God] from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,...so that they are without excuse" (Rom 1:20). God has provided to humble observers of the universe ample evidence for His existence, evidence available in every culture and time in history. Thus there is no excuse for rejecting ...