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Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify

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Page 1: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify
Page 2: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify

Does the fossil record support evolution?The fossils say YES!

“So many intermediate forms have been discovered . . . that it often is difficult to identify categorically when the transition occurs from one to another particular species. Actually, nearly all fossils can be regarded as intermediates in some sense; they are life forms that come between the forms that preceded them and those that followed.”

Science and Creationism

1999

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No intermediate forms?

Walt Brown

Harun Yahya

Page 4: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify
Page 5: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify
Page 6: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify
Page 7: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify
Page 8: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify
Page 9: Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossils say YES! “So many intermediate forms have been discovered... that it often is difficult to identify

Kirk Cameron is right!

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Evolution is Predictive

• No hybrid forms - every species is fully-evolved.

• Evolution predicts that transitional forms should appear as modified versions of pre-existing forms.

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Evolution is REAL science

• Intermediate forms must be consistent with other data, including morphological, genetic, and embryological studies.

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The fossil record reveals…

• Some fossil forms exhibit a mix of intermediate characteristics that link older and younger groups.

• No evidence of organisms that are merely a cross between existing groups.

• Intermediate forms occur in the fossil record precisely when they should.

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REAL intermediate forms

Pachyrhachis

Eupodophis

Najash

Odontochelys Gerobatrachus

OnychonycterisPezosiren

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