where was the transition within fossil record?? [Stalled: randman]

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Modulous, first off, I am not a scientist, and secondly, I have little confidence that evo journals would publish such a study if it contained criticism of the basic evo paradigm.

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You mean like Gould and Elderedge did?...and became famous and hugely respected for doing?

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I was referring to deep oceans where the bodies of the dead are undergoing decay by the time they hit the bottom. Whales often come into shallower water, which I am led to believe is more conducive for fossilization.

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Let's also remember that when proto-whales were still at least partially land-dwelling creatures, they spent a lot of time in and around the edges of bodies of water.Muddy marine environments are particularly well-suited to fossilization.That's why we see many, many many fossils of trilobite.