Re: Absence of Canines in Apiths


"Richard Dawkins" <Dawkins@xxxxxxxx> wrote

> "Species that were once thought to have turned into
> others have been found to overlap in time with these
> alleged descendants.

Well, overlooking the ambigous terminology here, yes, it's true, the fossil
record is not as simplistically gradulistic as some first assumed.

> In fact, the fossil record does
> not convincingly document a single transition from one
> species to another."

This also is true. Fossils are so incredibly rare that if they did indicate
a gradual transition from one species to another we'd have to suspect that
the evidence was manufactured (and this doesn't even take into account the
effects of punctuated equillibrium.)

> (Stanley, S.M., The New
> Evolutionary Timetable: Fossils, Genes, and the Origin
> of Species, 1981, p. 95)

Are you saying the fossil evidence indicates intelligent design? If you are
then I think you need to begin supporting your position.

Jim


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