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Originally posted by sirnex
Originally posted by SquirrelNutz
reply to post by Astyanax
there is no 'missing link' that will ever prove evolution - every 'link' that is ever found simply shows abrupt transformations, not slow transitions.
i've been an evolutionist my whole life, but it just doesn't make sense, anymore. sorry.
interesting find, though.
I would like to point out that not every dead thing is fossilized. Fossilization requires very specific conditions and if those conditions are not met, then a fossil simply won't form. For that very reason, you will never find a slow and progressive series of fossils. If your lack of not understanding the process behind fossilization is causing you to show disbelief in Evolutionary Theory, then perhaps you should consider learning more about the two processes rather than simply dismissing it due to your own inabilities to grasp them.
Astyanax: if the Bible had nothing to say on the matter and it was left up to you to believe it or not, how would you feel about having been descended from apes?
Originally posted by mamabeth
reply to post by Astyanax
1.I was having problems with my computer's keyboard.
2.I have been sick.
3.My husband is home from work sick now.
These are higher priorities than answering your question.
I would not be too happy if my ancestors swung from trees.
Since I know that they didn't,no problem.
Originally posted by mamabeth
You will never accept anything that I think is truth
Scientists say they have recovered 60 percent of the genome so far and hope to complete it. By comparing that genome with those of various present day humans, the team concluded that about 1 percent to 4 percent of the genome of non-Africans today is derived from Neanderthals. NY Times
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
In evolutionary theory, every individual that breeds successfully is a link. There's really no such thing as a singular specific "missing link." "Species" is a pretty much arbitrary term that is there simply because we like to organize things neatly; there is no defined point in the family history when one species stops and another begins, only a gradual divergence of two populations of the same species.
Astyanax:
Every unidentified species in the line that stretches back from your children to the beginning of life is a missing link...'species' is not a watertight definition of anything.