Are you saying that guy A only begot B and B only begot and B only begot C and etc.?
If this was the case, the world population wouldn't have increased at all through the ages. You have a very limited view of reality.
Think of it this way. How many second cousins do you have? How many third cousins do you have? Now, add in all the ones that you have lost contact. Now, add in all the ones that you don't know about. Now, multiply that by a billion. Do you still want to call it a chain?
Evolution is best viewed as a bush, just like your family. I highly doubt that your great grandfather only had 1 child and his father only had 1 child and his father only had 1 child and etc.
christian writes:
In any case, if we do have trees, shouldn't you be able to find chains on the trees?
If every living creature that ever existed got fossilized, yes. Again, what you are asking for is not reality. Fossilization is extremely rare and the ones that actually got fossilized and survived to this day is even rarer.
How would you like it if I demand the skeletal remains of every person in your family going back 100 generations?
This message has been edited by Lam, 10-31-2005 06:43 PM
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