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Originally Posted by Bladesman87
If what's sufficient for me?
You said there were no transitional forms. I'm saying if you punch it into google you'll find loads of examples of what are at least purported to be fossils of transitional forms. So what I'm trying to figure out is if you're saying you've never looked them up or if you have some serious critique of the evidence.
It's not about what's sufficient to me.
Bladesman87:
"Purported" is the key word here. Not only did Ernst Mayr admit there are no transitional forms, many other pro-evolution scientists and paleontologists have had to lap their tails and admit it. Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould admitted to it as well.
"All paleontologists know that
the fossil record contains precious little in the way of intermediate forms;
transitions between major groups are characteristically abrupt. Gradualists usually extract themselves from this dilemma by invoking the extreme imperfection of the fossil record." (
Gould, Stephen J. The Panda's Thumb, 1980, p. 189.)
"He [Darwin] prophesied that future generations of paleontologists would fill in these gaps by diligent search....
It has become abundantly clear that the fossil record will not confirm this part of Darwin's predictions. Nor is the problem a miserably poor record. The fossil record simply shows that this prediction was wrong." (
Eldridge, Niles, The Myths of Human Evolution, 1984, pp.45-46.)
When Stephen Gould and Niles Eldridge were forced to admit the fossils record is filled with nothing but gaps (that is, there are no transitional fossils showing how one creature evolved slowly into something entirely different), they decided to save face by teaming up together. The result of their team work was to
DREAM UP the theory of "punctuated equilibrium" which says it is okay for the fossils to show wide gaps.
Talk about scientific dishonesty. Gould and Eldridge could not find what was supposed to be in the fossils (transitional fossils), so they came up with their own revised theory of evolution.
Alter2Ego
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