Platt: 2009/4/11 Platt Holden <[email protected]>
> > Changing finch beak sizes to adjust to changes in the environment is a far > cry from the birth of a entirely new bird species, like ducks. What is > missing from Darwin's view of evolution that relies on small physical > changes are intermediary forms in the fossil record that ought to be there, > leading to entirely new species. There are, in fact, many 'transitional' fossils.The only way that the claim of their absence may be remotely justified, aside from ignoring the evidence completely or just being plain crass, is to redefine 'transitional' as referring to a fossil as a direct ancestor of one organism at the same time as a direct descendant of another. However, direct lineages are not required and could never be verified even if found. A transitional fossil, in keeping with the predictions of Darwin's theory, is a fossil that shows a pattern of features from an older and a more recent organism. Of the countless billions of varmints that have ever walked the earth man has found only a minuscule fraction that became fossils; its therefore unreasonable to expect to find finely detailed sequences of fossils over the periods of time necessary for new species to arrive from old. Nevertheless fine gradations of fossils between species and even genera have been found. But there's no point in arguing about it here. The MOQ accepts both > accidental and purposeful theories of evolution. > The MoQ might but you dont Platt - you reject Darwin's theory. Platt, you have suggested i read chapter 11 of Lila, i have read it twice recently and intend to read it again shortly for i have an outstanding obligatory reply to Krimel. Might i suggest that you get hold of and read Darwin's book, little more than a pamphlet really, 'On Natural Selection'. -KO Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
