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Knight (1897)
Gallup ® – June 2 2014
Knight (1897)
For a creationist it is possible that the various species of zebra had a common ancestor but this is not the case for zebras, bears and antelopes—still less for monkeys and humans, for birds and reptiles or for fish and fir trees.
Michael Reiss (2007)
Potts & Sloan (2010)
All Life is Connected
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Evolution is… - the accumulation of inherited changes in populations of organisms
over the course of generations - “descent with modification”
In other words…
1. Do kids look like their parents?
2. Do individuals of a group look different?
3. Do individuals of a group have the same number of offspring?
In more other words…
1. Do kids look like their parents?
2. Do individuals of a group look different?
3. Do individuals of a group have the same number of offspring?
yes + yes + no = evolution
All Life is Connected
All Life is Connected
The Field Museum
All Life is Connected
All Life is Connected
All Life is Connected
National Museum of Nature and Science
The average American spends less than five percent of his or her life
in classrooms.
(Falk & Dierking 2010)
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing. - G.K. Chesteron
Scientists concede that their most cherished theories are based on embarrassingly few fossil fragments and that huge gaps exist in the fossil record. - Time (11.07.77)
quills for thrills:quills for thrills:are we are we still still talking about talking about missing links?missing links?
Richard Kissel, PhDYale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Thomas HuxleyThomas HuxleyBirds & Dinosaurs
“The road from Reptiles to Birds is by way of Dinosauria” (1868)
“There is no evidence that Compsognathus possessed feathers; but, if it did, it would be hard indeed to say whether it should be called a reptilian bird or an avian reptile.”
(1876)
Early Cretaceous – China(1996)
SinosauropteryxSinosauropteryx
Sinosauropteryixfirst dinosaur for which
color is known(2010)
melanosomes – microscopic pigment-bearing structures found in the feathers of living birds (100 melanosomes can fit across a human hair)
SinosauropteryxSinosauropteryx
Early Cretaceous – Asia(1999)
SinornithosaurusSinornithosaurus
Early Cretaceous – Asia(2000)
MicroraptorMicroraptor
20122012
Late Cretaceous – Asia(1924)
VelociraptorVelociraptor
20072007
19711971
EpidexipteryxEpidexipteryxLate Jurassic – China
(2008)
Late Jurassic – Asia(2009)
AnchiornisAnchiornis
20122012
Late Jurassic – Germany(2012)
SciurumimusSciurumimus
Late CretaceousNorth America & Asia
(1905)
TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus
TyrannosaurTyrannosaurevolutionevolution
DilongEarly Cretaceous- China
(2004)
GuanlongLate Jurassic – China
(2006)
Yutyrannus – April 05 2012
© Xing & Liu
Sheehy (2012)Sheehy (2012)
why feathers?why feathers?
flight?flight?
Dinosaurs & feathers? Like peas & carrots.Dinosaurs & feathers? Like peas & carrots.
whales: from foot to flipper
Early 1800s
- Discovery of Basilosaurus
Tracing the history of whales…Tracing the history of whales…
Basilosaurus
Tracing the history of whales…Tracing the history of whales…
Basilosaurus
Tracing the history of whales…Tracing the history of whales…
Basilosaurus
Modern Whale
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Late 1900s
Pakistan
Egypt
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Late 1900s
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Rhodhocetus
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Rhodhocetus (50 Ma) Basilosaurus (40 Ma)
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Pakicetus (50 Ma)
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Even-toed hoofed mammals
Artiodactyls
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Artiodactyls
Artiodactyls
Missing links, anyone?
FinsFinstoto
LimbsLimbs
© Scientific American
Prothero (2007)
THE HUMAN ANIMAL THE HUMAN ANIMAL
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March of Progress (1965)
Meet theMeet theFamilyFamily
Zimmer (2005)© John Gurche
© Scientific American
Late Triassic – 210 million years ago(1887)
ProganochelysProganochelys
Late Triassic – 220 million years ago(2008)
OdontochelysOdontochelys
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