LordKroak10
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Mutations have nothing to do with it.
I'm talking about hominid fossils, most of the rest don't interest me.
Mutations have nothing to do with what? Adaptive evolution? Unless you can point out another way in which new genes come into existence, I would say that mutation is very important to evolution. It's not the only mechanism of evolution, of course, but it is the only way in which new genes develop. Either through transcription errors, damage from things like radiation, or a number of other ways, mutations are what cause changes in existing genes or even the rise of new ones.
"most of the rest don't interest me." I actually laughed out loud at that. Very well then, if you need to focus in on one specifically uncertain area of paleontology to try to make a point, then be my guest. But what will you do once we solve the question of human evolution? Will you then look for some other area of paleontology that is uncertain and claim that IT validates your skepticism of the fossil record? How convenient it must be to ignore large bodies of evidence in favor of one hotly debated topic in order to validate your opinions.
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