phonon
Posts: 396
Joined: Nov. 2006
|
| Quote (Zachriel @ Feb. 17 2007,10:07) | tribune7 | Quote | | Once upon a time, it was thought the coelacanth had not existed for hundreds of millions of years. Would Shermer disbelieve Darwinian evolution if he found living trilobite? |
A living trilobite would be very unlikely, but would not violate the nested hierarchy. However, human remains found in undisturbed strata associated with trilobites would indicate that humans predated their posited ancestor. That would violate the nested hierarchy, so either the phylogenetic tree is seriously wrong or the entire concept of descent leading to humans is wrong. All the evidence, including thousands of fossils, supports common descent of humans with other mammals. |
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02/16/frog.in.amber.ap/index.html
| Quote | Frog in amber could be 25 million years old
Like those, the frog found in Chiapas appears to be of the genus Craugastor, whose descendants still inhabit the region, said biologist Gerardo Carbot of the Chiapas Natural History and Ecology Institute, who announced the discovery this week. |
Hey, if frogs were around 25 million years ago, why are there still frogs?
--------------
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
|
