This list is not NEARLY big enough....and what's more, each transitional fossil you find creates TWO NEW GAPS! Explain that, scientists!
Fish to Amphibians
Tiktaalik roseae
Osteolepis
Eusthenopteron
Panderichthys
Elginerpeton
Obruchevichthys
Hynerpeton
Tulerpeton
Acanthostega
Ichthyostega
Pederpes finneyae
Eryops
Amphibians to Amniotes (early reptiles)
Proterogyrinus
Limnoscelis
Tseajaia
Solenodonsaurus
Hylonomus
Paleothyris
Synapsid (mammal-like "reptiles") to mammals
Protoclepsydrops
Clepsydrops
Dimetrodon
Procynosuchus
Thrinaxodon
Yanoconodon
Diapsid reptiles to birds
Yixianosaurus
Pedopenna
Archaeopteryx
Changchengornis
Confuciusornis
Ichthyornis
Evolution of whales
Pakicetus
Ambulocetus
Kutchicetus
Artiocetus
Dorudon
Basilosaurus
Eurhinodelphis
Mammalodon
Evolution of the horse
Hyracotherium
Mesohippus
Parahippus
Merychippus
Pliohippus
Equus
Non-human apes to modern humans
Pierolapithecus catalaunicus
Ardipithecus
Australopithecus
Homo rudolfensis
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
2007-10-17 12:45:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am burying the fossils as fast as I can!
2007-10-17 12:48:34 · answer #1 · answered by atheist 6 · 11⤊ 4⤋
Since all species are supposed to be in transition due to natural selection, the very term "transitional fossil" is essentially a misconception. But the fossils listed represent significant steps in the evolution of major features in various vertebrate lines, and therefore fit the common usage of the phrase. I took that right from that page. There is way too much time between the examples. Next............... Get A Grip
2016-05-23 05:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution doesn't claim that animals can change from one to another. It also doesn't claim that a single living cell just popped into existence. It happens in easy stages. Maybe just 2 molecules came together by chance, at first, and they worked better than the loose ones, so they stayed that way. Then, maybe a million years later, a third one bumped into them, and that worked better, so it stayed. That's natural selection. It may be chance that brings them together, but once they were together, it's not chance anymore. So the key proteins were formed, bit by bit. When one combination produced life, it was only a little step- but it worked better, so it kept on, and made copies of its self. Then came mutations. You may say that almost all mutations are bad. But those bad ones die. If one in a thousand mutations makes something better, than that's what survives. It just keeps going, getting better, because the worse ones either die or are less competitive.
2007-10-17 12:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by Cameron C. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Frankly, I'm amazed at the number of fossils that have been found.
I suppose it's easier for some to believe a supernatural being created all living things. And evolutionists (was there really a need to say "evilutionists"?) can readily say "I don't know everything". So have at us.
2007-10-17 12:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by OPad 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It is only fundies who think that we have at this point in time all of the worlds knowledge that is and could ever be. They may find those "missing links" tomorrow, but since it has not happened today you seem to think that it cannot happen. Get real.
2007-10-17 13:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have come to realize that there is no point in arguing with some people... At least until they open their eyes, or get a degree in the sciences.
How can I show an example of speciation... when they don't even know what it means?
2007-10-17 12:54:55 · answer #6 · answered by T H 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Where are the transitional fossils between Archaeopteryx and Homo Habilis? Hmmm???
You don't just create 2 new gaps with each fossil, you create n(n-1)/2 (if I did the math right... you could probably help with that.)
2007-10-17 12:49:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 1⤋
Those who cry on and on about "transitional fossils" generally wouldn't even know where to look to find fossils. Even showing them why they are wrong generally doesn't help because they don't really understand what they are saying well enough to believe their own arguments.
They were told (probably by a 50-year-old creationist pamphlet) that their arguments are good, so they believe them and repeat them. This is why creationist arguments all sound like urban legends--they essentially ARE urban legends!
2007-10-17 12:50:18 · answer #8 · answered by Minh 6 · 7⤊ 3⤋
you are mistaken.
In my case, I was a homo erectus from ages 12 -14 whereby I transitioned to homo habilis (or handyman). once I found girls I transitioned further, but there are still remnants of those in me today.
2007-10-17 12:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are plenty of them.
Not just fossils, even creatures alive today.
I have seen them.
It is just a question of opening our eyes and minds.
2007-10-17 12:52:37 · answer #10 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Those conspiring Elvis-utionists! They've been hiding this list from us creationists all this time!
2007-10-17 12:50:56 · answer #11 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋