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subbie
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Message 18 of 49 (352334)
09-26-2006 8:36 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by iano
09-26-2006 8:28 AM


Re: another example.
For a transitional fossil to exist evolution must be presumed to occur.
You seem to have things turned 'round bass ackwards. It is the fact that transitional fossils do exist, and the fact that populations are seen to be in transition in the real world, that support the conclusion that life evolves.
Put it this way, if live evolves, there will be transitional organisms, whether we assume life evolves or not.

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Message 21 of 49 (352344)
09-26-2006 9:46 AM
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09-26-2006 8:46 AM


Still bass ackwards
And if evolution is assumed to happen then fossils exhibiting certain characteristics will be slotted in as transitional because the assumption demands that there be some.
Nobody has ever assumed evolution happens. Science has concluded that it does based on evidence. One part of that evidence is the existence of transitional fossils. As I mentioned before, you know, the part of my previous post that you ignored, it was the existence of transitional fossils, and the transitional nature of populations, that lead to the conclusion, not assumption, that life evolves.

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