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that problem is that this fish actually appearing after the first tetrapod fossils:Researchers have discovered the fossil of a fish with finger-like digits in its fin that lived 380 million years ago, according to a new study. And they believe it bridges the evolutionary gap between marine and land vertebrates as one of the oldest examples of a skeletal pattern resembling a hand.
The study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"Today we announce in the journal Nature our discovery of a complete specimen of a tetrapod-like fish, called Elpistostege, which reveals extraordinary new information about the evolution of the vertebrate hand," said John Long, study author and Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Australia.
"This is the first time that we have unequivocally discovered fingers locked in a fin with fin-rays in any known fish. The articulating digits in the fin are like the finger bones found in the hands of most animals."
In the phylogenetic tree, this species is near the justly-famous Tiktaalik.
Prominent researchers who are evolutionists like Stephen Jay Gould...
that problem is that this fish actually appearing after the first tetrapod fossils
thus it cant be consider as a "transitional fossil".
a transitional fossil should also fit with the time. in this case it doesnt since the first tetrapod predate all of this fish group.It can be if you know what a transitional fossil is.
My family came from Germany by way of Pennsylvania. I still have relatives in Pennsylvania, even though I am not descended from them. Some of these transitional forms appeared after I did.
that problem is that this fish actually appearing after the first tetrapod fossils:
Tetrapod trackways from the early Middle Devonian period of Poland
thus it cant be consider as a "transitional fossil". more than that: we can also find transitional form between designed objects. but of course that it doesnt prove they evolved from each other, even if they were able to reproduce:
(image from Commercial Transportation Insurance)
variations among creatures is a fact (variations of dogs for instance). but the claim that a dog can evolve into something different (say a cat) isnt a fact but a theory.
The descendants of a dog might evolve into cat-like creatures but could never evolve into cats.variations among creatures is a fact (variations of dogs for instance). but the claim that a dog can evolve into something different (say a cat) isnt a fact but a theory.
a transitional fossil should also fit with the time.
variations among creatures is a fact (variations of dogs for instance). but the claim that a dog can evolve into something different (say a cat) isnt a fact but a theory.
in this case we are talking about the first appearance. so its like saying that human evolved from a monkey even if the first monkey appearing after the first human.It appears you are still incorrectly conceptualizing evolution as a linear ladder. That's not how it works though. Evolution forms branching patterns of different biological forms over time. It's possible for a new biological form to 'branch' off of an existing population, and evolve independent of it, while the original ancestral population continues to exist.
In the same manner, it's possible for your family tree to have cousins, aunts, uncles, etc, all existing at the same time as you, your parents, and your grandparents.
Hence, why it's possible for transitional forms to exist as contemporaries as the biological forms they branched off from.
thanks but i know very well about evolution. what i said is true: according to evolution there is no problem that a dog will evolve into a cat or any other creature. i also gave it just as an example, it can be any other creature.Except that evolution doesn't say that one extant species like a dog would evolve into another extant species like a cat. Rather, evolution says they share common ancestry.
When you use examples like this all you are doing is waving around a giant neon sign that says "I don't understand anything about evolution!" Instead of trying to keep arguing this, you should do yourself a favor and take some time to learn about biology.
No, it doesn't work for any other creatures either.thanks but i know very well about evolution. what i said is true: according to evolution there is no problem that a dog will evolve into a cat or any other creature. i also gave it just as an example, it can be any other creature.
Yeah, that would be stupid. That's why the theory of evolution doesn't make such a claim.in this case we are talking about the first appearance. so its like saying that human evolved from a monkey even if the first monkey appearing after the first human.
Say, aren’t they magical animal cars?that problem is that this fish actually appearing after the first tetrapod fossils:
Tetrapod trackways from the early Middle Devonian period of Poland
thus it cant be consider as a "transitional fossil". more than that: we can also find transitional form between designed objects. but of course that it doesnt prove they evolved from each other, even if they were able to reproduce:
(image from Commercial Transportation Insurance)
thanks but i know very well about evolution.
what i said is true: according to evolution there is no problem that a dog will evolve into a cat or any other creature.
in this case we are talking about the first appearance. so its like saying that human evolved from a monkey even if the first monkey appearing after the first human.
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