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Author Topic:   Does evidence of transitional forms exist ? (Hominid and other)
gene90
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Message 32 of 301 (5291)
02-22-2002 10:26 AM
Reply to: Message 31 by redstang281
02-22-2002 8:35 AM


Why not talk about that nice picture of transitionals before claiming they don't exist?

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Message 74 of 301 (6187)
03-06-2002 10:49 AM
Reply to: Message 73 by joz
03-06-2002 9:12 AM


Then you have the fact that most microevolutionary modifications won't leave an imprint on fossils. How many species of squirrel are there today? Now how many would we recognize if we only knew about squirrels through fossilized bones?

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Message 134 of 301 (24614)
11-27-2002 12:10 PM
Reply to: Message 132 by Ahmad
11-27-2002 11:33 AM


[QUOTE][B]). So did australopithecines like Lucy walk upright? Careful study of the skeletal anatomy of australopithecine fossils indicates a stooped gait, probably similar to the ‘rolling’ knuckle-walk of chimps. Doesn't sound humane to me[/QUOTE]
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Web sites I've checked indicate that Australopithecines have foramen magnums in the base of the skull. This means that they would have had to walk upright in order to look forward (knuckle-walker FM's are in the rear of the skull). If the creature were to crawl on its knuckles it would have been very awkward because it would have had to stare at the ground all of the time.
http://www.geocities.com/palaeoanthropology/Aafricanus.html

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