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Originally posted by Philip:
You've heard it say "the missing link" (i.e., Lucy). But for evolution to be viable, the chain with all its linkages must be manifest in the fossil record. Aside from a few fossils constructed primarily from pig's teeth and perhaps rickets-diseased human bones (perhaps enough to fill a human grave or two) there is nothing: No linkage is apparent at all ('chains'). For a human 'chain' of linkages to viable, I need to see tens of thousands of intermediary osseous forms (really millions to be scientific) because of the osseous complexity of humanity compared with 'chimp-like' precursor-civilizations, and the uniformitarian model. Rapid P.E./survival of precursor-civilizations is unacceptable for explaining accelerated DNA-mutations here. Note: Innumerable (chains of) civilizations with flexible DNA-mutations are required for macro-evolution. This takes a lot of faith to believe. I can't even believe one DNA-mutation ever took place that was beneficial to survival, let alone the billions required.
The same is true concerning fossils of 'primal-life forms' (if there be such a thing).
Perhaps you could visit this site
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html
and tell us which of the species mentioned are reconstructed from pigs' teeth, and which ones had rickets?
Also, why do you say that "the chain with all its linkages must be manifest in the fossil record"? Do you think that all species that have ever lived have been fossilized? What about chimps and gorillas? No fossils of them have ever been found. Does that mean they don't exist?
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