Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: doc30
The remains of failed species are commonplace.

And, once again, I ask you to show me an example.

Can you point out a species that exists today via adaptation whose lineage can be traced back to fossils, some of which that adapted in the wrong direction?

818 posted on 01/06/2009 2:59:57 PM PST by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 723 | View Replies ]


To: Erik Latranyi

Defin “adapted in the wrong direction.”

That’s a concept foreign to biology.

As for tracing lineages back to fossils, let’s look at your logic. If you dig up a human skull, do you know from it’s properties whether or not it is a direct ancestor?

Do you know if you and the person whose skull it is share a common ancestor? By what reasoning do you reach a conclusion?


821 posted on 01/06/2009 3:11:28 PM PST by js1138
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 818 | View Replies ]

To: Erik Latranyi

Defin “adapted in the wrong direction.”

That’s a concept foreign to biology.

As for tracing lineages back to fossils, let’s look at your logic. If you dig up a human skull, do you know from it’s properties whether or not it is a direct ancestor?

Do you know if you and the person whose skull it is share a common ancestor? By what reasoning do you reach a conclusion?


822 posted on 01/06/2009 3:11:49 PM PST by js1138
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 818 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson