By what evidence did the unearthed fossils become arranged as if from or of the adjacent creatures?
By age and comparative anatomy.
Each bone's (changing) morphology can be traced.
I'll use your photo to illustrate.
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Why were the fossils arranged in the photo order?
From old to young.
It was because someone believed in evolution.
No. It's because it's from old to young.
Evolution theory predicts that if the one on the right (whale) evolved from the one on the left (the land animal), then you should be able to find fossils aged between them of such "feet" progressively changing into the "flipper" on the right.
And that's exactly what those 2 middle ones depict.
Their age is what is expected if the left evolved into the right.
Their anatomical morphology is what is expected if the left evolved into the right.
So in summary: they are ordered by age and put into a sequence, because the predicted anatomical morphology is exactly what is expected.
So, why can't the ones in the middle be called "transitionals" from the one on the left to the one on the right?
You seems to avoid answering this question like the plague.
And the evolutionists had an objective.
The objective was to show how sea creatures were produced (evolved) from land creatures.
No. That's what the theory stated. And that theory makes predictions: if it is accurate, you should be able to find fossils of "feet-flippers" with anatomy that shows this changing morphology and with ages that put them firmly in between both.
And that's exactly what those two middle ones are.
So, they are put up in that exhibit not because of some "agenda", but
because they are the evidence that is predicted by the theory
The evolutionists took the sedimentary environment the fossils were in into consideration.
Of the unearthered fossils, and the arrangement order, why are there only 4 fossils shown (in this case) to span the complete evolution of creatures from land to sea?
Considering how hard it is to make a fossil, we're lucky to even have these 4 to begin with.
But somehow, I doubt the sincerity by which you say this.
Because let's be honest here... if there were 20 or 30 transitionals between the left and right, you'ld be here repeating the very same objections and PRATTs. You'ld be saying "
why do we only have 48?".
And don't pretend as if that isn't true.
The fact is: we have these 4 to work with, and they match the predictions of the theory.
Do we have more of these? Maybe. These 4 are the ones that happen to be in that exhibit.
You are giving us the typical dishonest nonsense.... Fill a "gap" with a fossil and you'll have creationists complaining about 2 new "gaps". Fill those "gaps" and those same creationists will now complaing about 4 gaps. Then 8. Then 16. And so on.
Of the following, 8 creatures are listed are the only ones unearthed and arranged as the creatures which of the evolution from land to sea. Of the eight creatures, only 5 are needed, since the fifth is Basilosauridae, which was already fully capable of marine life
Being fully aquatic, is not the end of the line.
Just like Homo Erectus wasn't the end of the line.
I ask you, where are the creatures that evolved from Ambulocetidae to Rimingtoncetidae?
You don't get to ask questions until you actually answer the question that has been put you dozens of times by now, and which you still did not answer:
Why can't the 2 middle limbs in the picture be called "transitional" from the one on the left to the one on the right.
More generic: which characteristics should a fossil have, in order to be called a "transitional" between A and B?