Creationists have an obsession with, and tell a lot of lies about, transitional fossils. Like their claim that none have been found.
If you believe their story – have a look at the latest issue of “Evolution: Education and Outreach“. It’s a special issue on transitional fossils. It has 21 articles, including titles like:
| Understanding Natural Selection: Essential Concepts and Common Misconceptions by T. Ryan Gregory |
| The Evolutionary Emergence of Vertebrates From Among Their Spineless Relatives by Philip C. J. Donoghue and Mark A. Purnell |
| The Fish–Tetrapod Transition: New Fossils and Interpretations by Jennifer A. Clack |
| Evolutionary Transitions Among Dinosaurs: Examples from the Jurassic of China by James M. Clark and Xing Xu |
| Downsized Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary Transition to Modern Birds by Luis M. Chiappe |
| From Land to Water: the Origin of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises by J. G. M. Thewissen, Lisa Noelle Cooper, John C. George and Sunil Bajpai |
| Evolutionary Transitions in the Fossil Record of Terrestrial Hoofed Mammals by Donald R. Prothero |
There should be enough evidence there for any thoughtful doubters.
Thanks to Why evolution is true
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Scepticon // June 9, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Awesome, I’ve been waiting for issue 2 to come out. I wish the journal could stay free it’s such a great read.
hilaryml // June 9, 2009 at 6:27 pm
And don’t forget that famous new transitional fossil “Ida” (if you believe the hype)! But seriously, that’s a really nice collection of papers – and an interesting journal I hadn’t seen before.