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See also: how did penguins get to Antarctica? How did the entire Australian biota get there, without leaving any fossils or descendants along the route?
....It is even more remarkable that penguins made it to Antarctica but never made it to the arctic.
Question for the Creationists:
How did hummingbirds get to the Americas without passing through Asia?
See also: how did penguins get to Antarctica? How did the entire Australian biota get there, without leaving any fossils or descendants along the route?
The The passenger pigeon is extinct.I have quoted the passage about seven pairs to creationists before. You're not telling me anything I don't know about. Creationists have always corrected me, saying that applies to clean animals.
As far as the distribution of hummingbirds around the world, one pair or seven pairs makes no difference. Either way, we still need to know how they got to the Americas without colonizing Asia. I don't see any way it could be done or any reason to believe it would happen that way.
They flew.
Almost all fossils are flood deposits. Why would you expect to see a post flood fossil trail?
Not at all.Why didn't hummingbirds colonize Asia as they passed through?
That's what they would have done if they followed their natural instincts.
Passenger pigeons disprove something too. I suppose. Just saying that for fun.A few facts and a conclusion:
Hummingbirds live in the Americas but not in the Old World of Europe, Africa or Asia.
There are hundreds of hummingbird species in South America but only 15 to 17 in North America.
Conclusion: It looks like hummingbirds evolved in South America.
The Creationist view:
According to Creationists, there were only two hummingbirds on earth when Noah and the Ark landed on Mt. Ararat, or the Ararat range. This happened a few thousand years ago.
If all the hummingbird species in the world are descended from two birds a few thousand years ago, we would expect the greatest number of species to be near the point of origin. Given that hummingbirds aren't evenly distributed throughout the world, we would expect the greatest number of species to be within one or two thousand miles of where they started. Perhaps it isn't surprising that these small birds haven't been able to colonize the entire world. Any creationist would expect to find the greatest variety of these birds near the Ararat range.
Question for the Creationists:
How did hummingbirds get to the Americas without passing through Asia?
I don't agree that all or even most fossils are flood deposits.
Saber tooth tiger fossils have been recovered from tar pits.
Insect fossilize when they are encased in tree sap.
The Smithsonian had an exhibit of a man, an American, who died about the time of the American Revolution. His body fossilized. It was fossilized by underground mineral water.
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No, it was Einstein who said that time is an illusion.
The point I was making...is that since biological sources do not agree, if you take the scientific side, it is nothing more than a matter of what you believe.
And what do you call a Christian who rejects the word of God and leans on his own understanding?No, science is based on actual proof, and what is the most likely to have occurred given the evidence. Creationism is a rejection of all evidence to subscribe to man-made nonsense.
...because floods are fairly regular occurences? How about descendents? How about any other form of fossil that doesn't require flooding, like foot prints, coproliths or amber?Almost all fossils are flood deposits. Why would you expect to see a post flood fossil trail?
Despite hummingbirds not having the necessary flight capability or habitat range necessary, sure. OK.They flew.
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