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Whale evolution without fossils.

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So where did the original huskies come from? Are you saying that huskies were a separately created kind?
 
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All all you present as usual in defense is more "claims" that everyone else is always wrong - yet you supply not one shred of science.
No sir... YOU are the one making the claim here. I am mearly asking you to support that claim. I assume that your non-response means you cannot. Another baseless creationist assertion made up based on his/her presumptions which are in turn based on ideology and dogma... rather than facts.
 
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So where did the original huskies come from? Are you saying that huskies were a separately created kind?

Your answer was right there in the post, you just chose not to read anything so you could continue with your strawman.
 
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Apparently you also do not read, Your answer was given in the references I included. But you also apparently prefer not to read anything so you can also continue with your strawman.
 
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That would irreconcilable with the side-to-side movement of fish and lizards.

It would be similar to a single mammal species growing feathers instead of fur.
It would be a violation of the nested hierarchy.

I don't understand. Are you saying it would be impossible for marine mammals to gradually "evolve" side-to-side movement similar to that seen in fish? I'd love to hear your explanation for that.
 
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What's the ID explanation for these observations?
 
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I don't understand. Are you saying it would be impossible for marine mammals to gradually "evolve" side-to-side movement similar to that seen in fish? I'd love to hear your explanation for that.

I'ld say that for marine mammals to have a skeletal anatomy like fish, would be a real problem.

Side-to-side movement by itself wouldn't necessarily be a problem. But remember, the side-to-side movement is just the end result. What matters is the mechanics causing / allowing for that movement.

A side-to-side moving marine mammal isn't necessarily a problem, if there is a logical pathway for the underlying mechanics from land dwelling up/down moving creatures to the anatomy allowing for side-to-side swimming.

Whatever anatomy would cause those mechanics, would have to be the result of a series of adaptions starting with the anatomy of an up-down moving, land dwelling creature (if evolution is accurate).

Evolution can't go back in time or return to the drawing board. It needs to work with the body plans that are currently present.

A good example is the human eye with the blind spot.
Our ancestors' eyes originally evolved "backwards" wich resulted in all the "wiring" having to cross the retina. This gives us a blind spot.
Evolution can't go back to reverse this and remove the blind spot. Nope. That's how the wiring originally evolved, so that's the "eye blueprint" that will have to be used for further development, if any. The "solution" consisted of our brains filling in the parts we can't see with what is most likely what it should be. Our brains create the illusion that the blind spot isn't there.

Compare that with the octopus. It doesn't have this problem.
Yet, we both see pretty much the same thing and neither of us has a black spot in the middle of its vision field. But we both accomplish the same result but by different mechanisms.

I would expect a side-to-side swimming marine mammal to show this same phenomena.

It would accomplish the same result as actual fish, but by different mechanisms. In the case of marine mammals, it would have to be a mechanism that makes sense in light of its land-dwelling ancestry.


To finish, I'ld like to point out that we are again talking about hypothetical finds and speculating about the hypothetical reactions of the scientific community.

If you have any real finds you wish to discuss where we actually KNOW what the scientist reaction was instead of having to speculate about it, go ahead.
 
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Thread has undergone a cleanup due to off topic posts so if your post is gone that is the reason or you quoted someone that made one. Folks this thread is about whale evolution so stick to the topic at hand please.

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I'll ask again. What is the ID explanation for the observations in the OP?
"The designer designed it that way for reasons entirely sufficient to the designer." Why do people keep asking this question?
 
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As ever, there is nothing but conjecture. Not a shred of empirical evidence. No one would ever become an evolutionist if he had true scientific scruples and awareness that not one proof is ever offered... sigh
 
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As ever, there is nothing but conjecture. Not a shred of empirical evidence. No one would ever become an evolutionist if he had true scientific scruples and awareness that not one proof is ever offered... sigh

So what's your explanation for the features we see in whales?
 
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As ever, there is nothing but conjecture. Not a shred of empirical evidence. No one would ever become an evolutionist if he had true scientific scruples and awareness that not one proof is ever offered... sigh
Funny how the only people with scientific scruples are those who form a minuscule minority in the relevant disciplines, rarely if ever publish in peer review and even then typically only in lower-tier journals, and never contribute anything useful to humanity's understanding of the universe. How does that work?
 
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