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Author Topic:   Evolving the Musculoskeletal System
arachnophilia
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Message 506 of 527 (600049)
01-12-2011 2:23 AM
Reply to: Message 505 by crashfrog
01-11-2011 8:55 PM


living transitional skeletons
crashfrog writes:
We don't see those hard spots in living creatures now because that evolution already happened. Organisms already have skeletons. Why would they evolve again?
eek, that's a clearly false notion of evolution. evolution is not directed, nor does it forbid convergence, nor does it necessitate that once an adaptation is successful that it be adopted across lineages -- no, it actually predicts that won't happen. that would be a good sign of intelligent design.
in any case, here are some living animals with various states of "hard spots" on the way to having a bony skeleton.

amphioxus, somewhat basal chordate. spinal column, somewhat rigid.

lamprey, jawless fish. cartilaginous skeleton, no bones.

shark, jawed fish. bony jaw, cartilaginous skeleton.
these are, of course, somewhat representative of the fossil record.

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Message 518 of 527 (600273)
01-13-2011 5:35 PM
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01-13-2011 2:07 PM


Re: living transitional skeletons
crash,
oh. i see. i was having some difficulty making sense of what the heck he even meant.

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Message 527 of 527 (601331)
01-19-2011 9:42 PM
Reply to: Message 526 by Dr Adequate
01-14-2011 8:27 AM


Re: living transitional skeletons
i'm actually unsure, here.
in any case, i was merely trying to demonstrate some living animals that represent various states of bone/not-bone, not necessarily an actual lineage (which modern sharks, a crown group, would certainly not technically be a part of).
in any case, that was not what ICdesign (proponentsists) meant.

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