Transitional Species

BGoodForGoodSake · Post by **BGoodForGoodSake** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:45 am

tyler_demerhcant wrote:One thing I don't understand is why all fossils are thought to be fully developed?

This is a great observation!
And you have some very excellent questions.
=)

tyler_demerhcant wrote:There are several creatures that transfrom within their lifespan, frog's being the most obvious.

How many fossils of tiktalik were found?

Three, hopefully more discoveries will verify whether or not these are in fact fully developed individuals. Have you put any consideration as to why and how amphibians undergo metamorphosis?

tyler_demerhcant wrote:What dating mechanism was used to aquire the age?

They were dated by the strata they were found in. Specifically the Devonian period.

tyler_demerhcant wrote:How was the fossil fossilized?

It's just a hypothesis, but it would appear that the habitat this animal lived in was a stream bed. It is possible that a during a flood their bodies were caried out to a delta and deposited there.

tyler_demerhcant wrote:If you believe in a young earth as I do, this fossil proves unimportant, but I myself find it interesting.

However, no ammount of speculation can make up for the lack of transitional fossils. Two or three is it? and a large faction of creation scientists have logical reasoning to believe that the fossils were not "missing links" at all.

Over speculated indeed my the press. It is so unfortunate that so many people are subject to the teachings of evolution without a view point from the other side. The same goes for christian schools, they just don't teach the evolutionary side. If people aren't prepared for a debate, they often lose hope all to soon and are easily persuaded.

This fossil in no way changes the tide in the evolution vrs. creation debate.

tyler_demerhcant · Post by **tyler_demerhcant** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:03 am

The three being found in together is unfortunate because they could have all been from the same birth span and merely all died at the same time.

just a hypothesis though.

BGoodForGoodSake · Post by **BGoodForGoodSake** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:08 am

Unlikely, the chances of an individual dying and being fossilized where they lie is very low. There must be some sort of event to rapidly cover up the bodies. If this were due to a flood it would collect carcasses from disparate locations up river and deposit them at a single site in an ancient delta. Assuming they have relatively long lifespans, the chances of all three being of the same age and at the same point in development is unlikely. Especially given their dimentions but anything is possible.

tyler_demerhcant · Post by **tyler_demerhcant** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:29 pm

well that is what I am saying. It is all speculation. There is nothing to say that the tiktalik's were not killed or crushed or overcome by some force, such as a flood, wish would essentially carry all of them to the same place.

They could have all been of the same offspring, but all of this is speculation.

What evidence is there to say that tiktalik did not die at the location. I find it hard to believe that after such a significant passing of time, scientists could determine an accurate cause of fosillization.