Question

There are several websites that claim to prove evolution to be false. They offer no credible scientific evidence for their claim. Select ONE of these phony claims listed below and discuss how it is: A. False B. Give Scientific evidence to refute the claim. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Choose only one of the following false claims: 1. There are no transitional fossils 2. Evolution is only an unproven "theory" 3. If evolution is true then why don't we grow wings to escape danger. 4. If we evolved from monkeys than why are monkeys still present.

Answer 1

1. There are no transitional fossils is the false claim.

Archaeopteryx, discovered in 1861, represents a classical form of transitional fossils which links reptiles with birds.

Any fossilized remains of life that link or connects descendants with ancestors is a transitional fossil. They do so by flaying characteristics common to both the respective groups.

Australopithecus afarensis is another example that connects modern humans with their ape ancestors.

The more recent example includes Ambulocetus natans (discovered in Pakistan in 1994).

Other examples include Tiktaalik, Amphistium, Runcaria, etc.