Don said:
“As I've pointed out N
times already on this list, any
"evidence for evolution" from DNA would be mere curiosity if (1)
there were no fossil evidence of systematic changes in life forms
with time and (2) there were no evidence that Earth is old.“
I'm just reading Richard Dawkins "The Ancestor's Tale". In the General
Prolog (page 13 my paperback edition) he claims that even without all
of the fossil evidence that evolution would still be demonstrated at
least for sane people.
"If every fossil were magicked away, the comparative study of modern
organisms, of how their patterns of resemblances, especially of their
genetic sequences, are distributed among species, and of how species
are distributed among continents and islands, would still demonstrate
beyond all sane doubt, that our history is evolutionary and that all
living species are cousins. Fossils are a bonus. A welcome bonus to
be sure but not an essential one."
As a descendant of Scots, I would say "Maybe, but I'ha me doubts".
Dave W
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Received on Wed Jun 24 17:00:32 2009