How does the fossil record support evolution?
2007-04-05 15:24:55 · 16 answers · asked by Chris 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How do you know that they can evolve into those other things?
2007-04-05 15:31:06 · update #1
evolution is bull$hit.
If we came from apes, then why did the rest of the apes not turn into us? and why are there still apes around?
plus why dont we now morph into the nextt species yet? or develop new looking body parts?
its been at least 8,000 years that mankind has been on earth, or much longer, and they havent yet morphed again as evolution did from ape to man?
that don't make sense.
We are most likely developed from a cross breed between the native beings that once walked here , and some genetic addition, by some intellligent alien beings .
least , that s more believable and logical.
2007-04-05 16:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron M 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why don't you ask this in the science section? By looking at fossils you can see gradual changes in different species. This does not mean.... we have a record of every change and every species. Only bits and peaces. However there is more things supporting the theory of evolution then the fossil record.
2007-04-05 15:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is The fossile a band name? Shouldn't it be a CD and not a record?
Sorry I don't understand what you want to know.
Fossiles are all that remain from plants and animals who dominated the earth before man was a twinkle in Gods eye.
The "Missing link" hasn't been found yet, but neither has the proof there is a God.
We're still in the Embryo stage ourselves, and when we grow up, we'll find all the answers. Until then, you know what they say,"You're only little for such a short time. Enjoy it!"
2007-04-05 15:43:30 · answer #3 · answered by Amy Beware 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither atheism nor an acceptance of evolution are religions.
The fossil record supports evolution by allowing us to see the changes and adaptations the creatures of this planet have gone through. If there were no evolution then there would be no gradual change from one species to another which we can see from the fossil record.
2007-04-05 15:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by Digital Haruspex 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why do you ask this to people who are not scientists? I am not sure about the fossil record, but evolution surely is much more plausible than a so called God coming down from heaven and making a man out of mud.
2007-04-05 15:35:24 · answer #5 · answered by Electrobird 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We know they can evolve into those other things because we have transitional fossils and are able to watch it happen.
As to your claims that evolution is a religion, I know you've probably been reading too much Ann Coulter, but evolutionary theory is not in any way a religion. Really. It can't be, you see, as it doesn't fit the definition of the word.
2007-04-05 15:36:54 · answer #6 · answered by SomeGuy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
fossil records can be dated back thousands maybe millions of years, fossil records can show were things have formed, what type of weather conditions happened and how they became extinct. They pretty much tell a story about the beginnings of the earth.
2007-04-05 15:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
One record is that the Neanderthal man and Modern man were here together for a couple thousand years before Neanderthal disappeared.
That would be two different kinds of man kind.
2007-04-05 15:30:33 · answer #8 · answered by greenstateresearcher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This site from the American Geological Institute will give you a solid education in the scientific data.
2007-04-05 15:31:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they support the transitional record of genetic progress:.scoll about half way down to morphological evidence with the picture of the bird the article you want is next to it.... fossils.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
2007-04-05 15:42:38 · answer #10 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋