RE: What if?

Dick-
 
Like I said in the part you cut out from below, this is a simplified
example for illustration purposes and there are all kinds of
complications and exceptions that may arise. Migration might be one of
them. But that doesn't invalidate the concept in general. Not all
species migrate, obviously. Besides, migration is typically a seasonal
variation only. You rarely have that level of detail in the ancient
fossil record.
 
 
Charles

 
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>>> Dick Fischer <dickfischer@earthlink.net> 12/8/2004 12:17:46 PM >>>

Charles W. Carrigan wrote:

Suppose there are three stratigraphic layers A,B, and C, in
chronological order, with A the lowest in the pile and the oldest in
age. There are no significant breaks in the pile that would suggest
long periods of time in between them. Suppose we find a fossil animal
in layer A, and a somewhat different one (but yet clearly related)
fossil in C. Evolution predicts that there would be an intermediate
fossil in layer B, if preserved. That prediction could be tested, could
it not?
What about migration? Animals don't stay in the same place. Of
course, on island populations this is true. The island of Madagascar
has archaic animals beneath layers of their descendants. But proving a
linear line of descent is the problem. You can only make assumptions
which would be accepted by the scientific community and rejected by
creationists, just like they reject everything else.

Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Fri Dec 10 16:57:45 2004