John, if there were truly that many [transitional fossils] then why isn't there hundreds of pictures of them online? I see roughly the same very small few so called transitional forms when I actually do see a fossil. There are hundreds of sites on this stuff, so why don't they post real pictures instead of something out of a sci-fi book?
Am I truly going to find unarguable evidence in fossil warehouses of tons of clear (unshaped by man) transitional species? I have a strong feeling I won't but I would love to visit them.
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Good grief, there are plenty of museums crammed with such artefacts that are invariably desperate to attract more visitors to their dusty glass cases (Unfortunately for the curators of such institutions, in today's world of apathetic museum-goers, who typically have the attention span of a gnat, you can't really make what are essentially oddly shaped rocks terribly fun or interactive, no matter how hard you try, and you can't really convey any significance each one might have to science in the ~2.5 seconds they'll spend glancing at it and speed-reading its description).
You've never seen a pterodactyl? Think it's coincidence that it just happens to be a scaly reptilian thing with a skeletal structure damn close to modern birds. Not that pterodactyls are the be all and end all of transitional forms, there's dozens of things in between, but it's something any jackass can name of the top of his/her head.
My $.02 regarding pterodactyls:
The fact that half the FSTDTers have links & statements proving that it takes less research to find transitional fossils than it does to find, say, images of a Froot Loops box, definitely says something about Invisionary's willingness to learn.
Although I assume you're not yet a genuine fossil yourself, you are still the transitional form between your parents and your children. Your parents are transitional forms between you and your grandparents. Continue this back for half a million years, and I suspect you wouldn't recognize that ancient ancestor as fully human.
“John, if there were truly that many [transitional fossils] then why isn't there hundreds of pictures of them online?”
“I see roughly the same very small few so called transitional forms when I actually do see a fossil."
“There are hundreds of sites on this stuff, so why don't they post real pictures instead of something out of a sci-fi book?”
“Am I truly going to find unarguable evidence in fossil warehouses of tons of clear (unshaped by man) transitional species?”
“I have a strong feeling I won't but I would love to visit them.”
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