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4. Darwin's research and conclusions were the beginning of our understanding and yet they have withstood heavy scientific scrutiny for over 150 years (...not 200 years) and they still manage to accommodate the latest modern findings. Nothing can top it. Why not? Because it's true. How do we know it's true? Because Darwin's central ideas have generated testable predictions that have been borne out by mountains evidence and discoveries accumulated over a wide spectrum of sciences for a very, very long time. And to this day, every new discovery and surprise finding in any of the life sciences supports and gives more validation to Darwin's theory, while continuing to extend our understanding of all life on earth.

In "response" to the above you pull out the vanquished 'no transitional fossils' canard. All I can really say is that you are either horribly ignorant, horribly misinformed or just plain lying (or maybe a combination of two or more). You should know for the future that as poor as the known fossil record was at the time of The Origin Of Species, this claim was legit for exactly ONLY two years after publication. The discovery of Archaeopteryx lithographica in 1861 alone (I think 9 other Archeopteryx have been discovered since) put the question about fossilized proof of common descent to bed. Othniel Charles Marsh's book on the evolution of horses in 1874 is another early example of the studies of transitional fossils. Bill, your window to question transitional fossils closed exactly 150 years ago. Please note that since this is not still 1859 (not for the rest of us anyway) that common descent or Evolution doesn't rest on fossil evidence alone. Genetics, geology, developmental biology, paleoanthropology, biogeography, etc, etc. provide ample and robust evidence for Evolution and common ancestors.

Here's some reading material since you have a lot to learn on the subject before ever uttering the words "transitional fossils" again. Please do us all a favor and familiarize yourself with these and more:

Taxonomy, Transitional Forms, and the Fossil Record by Keith B. Miller
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/Miller.html

Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ by Kathleen Hunt
(a partial list of known transitions from the vertebrate fossil record. Concentrating exclusively on groups that left living descendants & ignoring the hundreds of other groups and side-branches that died out. Also skipping entire groups of vertebrates [most notably the dinosaurs and modern fish] in order to emphasize mammals)

PART 1 has FISHES to FIRST MAMMALS & BIRDS:
Transitions from primitive fish to sharks, skates, rays
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part1a.html#fish
Transitions from primitive fish to bony fish
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part1a.html#bony
Transition from fishes to first amphibians
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...al/part1a.html#amph1
Transitions among amphibians
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...al/part1a.html#amph2
Transition from amphibians to first reptiles
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...al/part1b.html#rept1
Transitions among reptiles
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...al/part1b.html#rept2
Transition from reptiles to first mammals (long)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part1b.html#mamm
Transition from reptiles to first birds
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part1b.html#bird

PART 2 has TRANSITIONS AMONG MAMMALS:
Primates
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq.../part2a.html#primate
Bats
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...onal/part2a.html#bat
Carnivores
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part2a.html#carn
Rodents
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...onal/part2a.html#rod
Lagomorphs (rabbits & hares)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...onal/part2b.html#lag
Condylarths (first hoofed animals)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part2b.html#cond
Cetaceans (whales & dolphins)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part2b.html#ceta
Perissodactyls (horses, rhinos, tapirs)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part2b.html#peri
Elephants
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...al/part2b.html#eleph
Sirenians (dugongs & manatees)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...al/part2b.html#siren
Artiodactyls (pigs, hippos, deer, giraffes, cows, etc.)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part2c.html#arti
Species transitions from other miscellaneous mammal groups
http://www.talkorigins.org/faq...nal/part2c.html#misc


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