Transitional fossils

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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Pimping Ida

Local blog, Bioblog, has a brief informative post about the fossil Ida and the public relations hoopla around it (see a wonderful fossil – but not a missing link). This hoopla is a worry – it’s not the way to do science. I was shocked to find out that public release of information on the fossil, and the first scientific publication on it, coincided also with publication of a book and screening of a TV documentary! Big money is involved.

The New Humanist goes into more detail about the PR spin around Ida (see Pimping Ida and Ida fever).

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