Evolutionists, how come we have dinosaur bones, but not the bones of these 'transitional animals'?

Question

Why the 'missing link'. Dinosaurs existed long before these animals were meant to have existed. Why can't you find the bones of all these evolved animals? The bones should be everywhere across all species, not a few fakes.

Answer 1

We are surrounded by "transitional animals".

Face it - you've been reading anti-evolution propaganda stuff instead of real science, and you've been lied to by it. You know nothing at all about evolution, and you're making a silly fool of yourself.

Answer 2

Well, let me pull out my paleontology degree and dust it off for you...

Oh wait, I remember...don't have one! I could talk out of my a** and give you some guesses, but they are just that: guesses.

Perhaps the cataclysmic event that caused the mass extinction, in conjunction with the conditions on the earth at that time, served well to preserve the dinosaur fossils (volcanic ash, for example)? Perhaps, due to the massive size of dinosaurs, they have been easier to find... This is all guesswork of course. I suggest you ask in a section that has people who might know, such as the science section. Or find a nice paleontology forum somewhere and ask this.

However, you would do well, if you are actually seeking knowledge, to pay attention to those who have explained what a transitional form actually is. We are all transitional forms. And, as has been said here but is worth repeating, science does not claim to have all the answers.. yet :)

Answer 3

Dinosaurs roamed the Earth from a time period spanning from hundreds of millions of years ago, up until approximately 65 million years ago. Radio carbon dating has PROVEN this as FACT. EVERY true scientist in the world will tell you that.

Approximately 65 million years ago, either due to a large meteor striking the Earth, which there is proof of such on the Yucatan Penninsula in Mexico or perhaps due to climate change (which would have caused species of plant life to die, which would in turn cause the herbivore dinosaurs do die, which would have left no food for the carnivorous dinosaurs to eat) or perhaps both, we may never know.

There is much proof that there has been evolution. Species related to sharks, crocodiles, certain insects, rodents and birds have been around since that time period. The anatomy of these animals are similar and these species share many genetic similarities between these ancient beings, proof that these are their ancestors, erego proof of evolution.

Answer 4

the clarification we've extra dinosaur fossils then transitional mammals and early human fossils is time. Dinosaurs have been around for over one hundred seventy million years. Mammals a lot much less then that, and human beings around 2 million. That gave dinosaur extra time and possibilities for his or her bones to wind up fossilized.

Answer 5

You are confused about how evolution works, particularly with respect to "transitional forms". A mutation can arise from a single incorrect base substitution in DNA, so will have a minimum effect, but there is no maximum: such an error can activate all or part of an intron, or de-activate all or part of an exon, resulting in a change which is arbitrarily large. Hence, a supposed missing transitional form may never have existed. Mutations can also arise from incorrect chromosomal pairing (as in Down's syndrome), or by linkage of two separate chromosomes into one, as happened in the evolution of humans from their apish ancestors [reference], as well as by other means. Evolution is now a proven fact; proof details are available on request.

Answer 6

Their are transitional fossils. Try researching it. Now their may be a "missing link" In the fossils, but if you understand anything about how fossils form. You wouldn't expect to be able to find every fossil through out a species evolution. If this was the case, you would be knee deep in fossils every where you go.

Answer 7

Missing link and transitional animals are your terms and not scientific terms. There is no such thing as a "missing link" in the fossil record... the fossils are there - just because you don't know much about the subject doesn't make the science bad it only makes you uniformed.

Answer 8

Ok, wrap your mind around this..............living tissue decays. That is why it starts to smell bad.

The world is a BIG place..........we still haven't explored all of it. Plus there is lots and lots of water over places that used to be dry land (and no I am not talking about your mythical flood).

So things decay (unless we are lucky and it gets preserved) AND the world is HUGE........... logically we won't find a fossil of everything that has lived AND we haven't found all the fossils we are going to find yet.

I know you want all the info NOW but we haven't been at it for very long yet, give us time. Until then feel free to continue to believe in magic, just don't get in our way.

Answer 9

Because the pre-supposition of the need for a linear progression that includes many transitional species is a fallacy.
The fact is that evolution does jump.

Answer 10

You make no sense...

it is purely accidental that some animals become fossilized...
that an animal which we can recognize as being transitional would be fossilized maybe somewhat unlikely... though certainly possible.

More likely, we would know that they were transitional forms by doing dna tests on animals...that would propbably be equally as time consuming...

Answer 11

"but not the bones of these 'transitional animals'?"
*** Errrr... Which are meant by "these", pray tell?
"Dinosaurs existed long before these animals"
*** Errrr... Which are meant by "these", pray tell?
"the bones of all these evolved animals"
*** Errrr... Which are meant by "these", pray tell?
( Creationists complained about whale transitionals for ~7 decades until ~4 - 5 were found in Pakistan / Afghanistan. )