Infinitely more than the number of creationists.
Overall, there have not been as many fossils found as science would lead us to believe.
Ah, then you think it's a fraud?
Fossilization doesn't always occur, which I'm sure you know.
Yes. Thus the inevitability of gaps.
So science (evolution) is actually passed on to others by very few who have actual evidence that they have examined and studied.
So? Do you think they're lying?
A lot of what science purports to "know" isn't readily verifiable by others.
It's all verifiable, to anyone who wants to expend the effort. But for creationists, it's so much easier to do nothing, and thus to know nothing.
You seem very defensive on the subject. I was just pointing out that a lot of science requires faith of what others have taught us. But so does most other subjects as well. History, for example. By definition it has to be passed on but a lot of people question others' take on it. I assume science could be the same. And truthfully, if you ask most Americans if they have been following the Kansas situation, I doubt there would be many who have. And what does the federal "No Child Left Behind" Act say about teaching evolution?