Is this what the missing link looked like???
Posted on 04/05/2006 7:26:24 PM PDT by MC Miker G
Discovered: the missing link that solves a mystery of evolution
Alok Jha, science correspondent Thursday April 6, 2006 The Guardian
Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago.
Palaeontologists have said that the find, a crocodile-like animal called the Tiktaalik roseae and described today in the journal Nature, could become an icon of evolution in action - like Archaeopteryx, the famous fossil that bridged the gap between reptiles and birds.
As such, it will be a blow to proponents of intelligent design, who claim that the many gaps in the fossil record show evidence of some higher power.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
"a crocodile-like animal"
Then .. it's probably a crocodile! What idiots!
Good, I can now sleep well tonight.
Is this what the missing link looked like???
BTW MC Miker G, remember that video for "Holiday" you did with DJ Sven? SUCKED!!! :-)
Very good!!!
The big difference is Evolution would predict that an intermediate species would likely exist, and could perhaps be found.
Intelligent Design neither asserts that it could not be found, nor that it would be. It would be if the "intelligent designer" wanted it to be there, and wouldn't be there if the "intelligent designer" didn't want it to be there.
ID is a useless theory, isn't it?
Phew! I am so glad these (idiotic) "scientists" found this. I think I can now sleep tonight.
" like Archaeopteryx, the famous fossil that bridged the gap between reptiles and birds."
Thought that one turned out to be something else.
Nope, Archaeopteryx still sits there, with a reptile tail and visible feathers like a bird. It didn't have a large breast bone, so it couldn't fly, but, contrary to the philosiphical meaunderings of the creationists, wing like structures that do not afford flight are clear.
Facts are stubborn things.
This is the 24387567928746352429th missing link "discovered".
However the actual missing link is still missing.
"ID is a useless theory, isn't it?"
Preciaely right. It's not a theory at all in that it does not inform or direct scientific inquiry.
That does not mean it is not true, however.
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He looks gay
Wonder if they'll STILL be calling evolution a THEORY. Heehee.
I have a lot of information about all this. I'll be right back to tell you but right now I have to go take my fish for a walk.
I agree. An intelligent designer may have created everything 5 minutes ago, with fossiles of non-existant critters buried in the ground like so many Easter eggs hidden around the yard, and your memories inserted in your head, ready for you to access.
Can't disprove that either. It might be just as true.
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