Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: PatrickHenry
But Gansus led to modern birds, so it's a link between primitive birds and those we see today," Lamanna said.

Previously there was a gap between ancient and modern species of birds, and "Gansus fits perfectly into this gap," added Jerald D. Harris of Dixie State College in Utah.

A transitional? But I thought those didn't exist!


Drat! Another one to explain away.

104 posted on 06/15/2006 7:02:54 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death--Heinlein)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 103 | View Replies ]


To: Coyoteman
A transitional? But I thought those didn't exist!

A creationist thread on this topic, with an article from a creationist website, calls this thing a fossilized duck. So I guess that decides it. Creationists can still claim that there are no transitionals.

106 posted on 06/15/2006 7:10:04 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 104 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


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