Where is the missing link from ape to man you speak of?
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I think misrepresenting what we see in God's creation in order to preserve creation myths does drive people away from religion and God.
Just how fine do you want this missing link to be? We share 99% of the DNA of a chimp. You have to realize fossils are rare things, they are only form under special conditions, of course they are going to paint an incomplete picture. Last I heard there were only 7 Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils found on the entire earth!
You really are beating a dead horse here, the story of evolution is validated by numerous independent paths, Astronomy, Geology , Physics, Chemistry and Biology all arrive at the identical answer : The Earth is 4.5 Billion years old and life changes with the times.