"Species that were once thought to have turned into others have been
found to overlap in time with these alleged descendants. In fact, the
fossil record does not convincingly document a single transition from
one species to another." (Stanley, S.M., The New Evolutionary
Timetable: Fossils, Genes, and the Origin of Species, 1981, p. 95)
On 02/02/07, Adrian Midgley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> John Clegg wrote:
> > 1) There is little evidence in the fossil record for evolution from
> > one species to another,
>
> This is a typical mis-statement of the nature of speciation.
>
> Consider, in this context, the circumpolar variation in the Larus gulls,
> if you would.
>
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> Midgley
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