For Slippery Nick: non-fossil evidence of plant evolution

[Sauron]

So Nick:

What if there were no transitional fossils in the plant kingdom? Would we then have no evidence of any plant transitions?

Nope.

These links provide evidence of plant kingdom evolution apart from the fossil record.

http://www.colby.edu/~ragastal/Paleobotany/angiorigins.html
http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/bryo/bryogen.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/01/020131074924.htm

Aw, shucks - ain't it nice how the theory of evolution can be proven through multiple independent lines of investigation?

Pity the same can't be same of creationism......

 

[D. Scarlatti]

Originally posted by Wrathchild
That doesn't prove anything

Enlighten me. What was it supposed to prove?

 

[LiveFreeOrDie]

Actually the interesting thing about plants is that most of the primitive forms are still alive on the Earth today. Evolution has primarily resulted in a shift in dominance as more modern forms take over and relegate the more primitive forms to specialized niches.