Knight (1897) Gallup ® – June 2 2014. Knight (1897) For a creationist it is possible that the...

Knight (1897)

Gallup ® – June 2 2014

Knight (1897)

For a creationist it is possible that the various species of zebra had a common ancestor but this is not the case for zebras, bears and antelopes—still less for monkeys and humans, for birds and reptiles or for fish and fir trees.

Michael Reiss (2007)

Potts & Sloan (2010)

All Life is Connected

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Evolution is… - the accumulation of inherited changes in populations of organisms

over the course of generations - “descent with modification”

In other words…

1. Do kids look like their parents?

2. Do individuals of a group look different?

3. Do individuals of a group have the same number of offspring?

In more other words…

1. Do kids look like their parents?

2. Do individuals of a group look different?

3. Do individuals of a group have the same number of offspring?

yes + yes + no = evolution

All Life is Connected

All Life is Connected

The Field Museum

All Life is Connected

All Life is Connected

All Life is Connected

National Museum of Nature and Science

The average American spends less than five percent of his or her life

in classrooms.

(Falk & Dierking 2010)

The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing. - G.K. Chesteron

Scientists concede that their most cherished theories are based on embarrassingly few fossil fragments and that huge gaps exist in the fossil record. - Time (11.07.77)

quills for thrills:quills for thrills:are we are we still still talking about talking about missing links?missing links?

Richard Kissel, PhDYale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Thomas HuxleyThomas HuxleyBirds & Dinosaurs

“The road from Reptiles to Birds is by way of Dinosauria” (1868)

“There is no evidence that Compsognathus possessed feathers; but, if it did, it would be hard indeed to say whether it should be called a reptilian bird or an avian reptile.”

(1876)

Early Cretaceous – China(1996)

SinosauropteryxSinosauropteryx

Sinosauropteryixfirst dinosaur for which

color is known(2010)

melanosomes – microscopic pigment-bearing structures found in the feathers of living birds (100 melanosomes can fit across a human hair)

SinosauropteryxSinosauropteryx

Early Cretaceous – Asia(1999)

SinornithosaurusSinornithosaurus

Early Cretaceous – Asia(2000)

MicroraptorMicroraptor

20122012

Late Cretaceous – Asia(1924)

VelociraptorVelociraptor

20072007

19711971

EpidexipteryxEpidexipteryxLate Jurassic – China

(2008)

Late Jurassic – Asia(2009)

AnchiornisAnchiornis

20122012

Late Jurassic – Germany(2012)

SciurumimusSciurumimus

Late CretaceousNorth America & Asia

(1905)

TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus

TyrannosaurTyrannosaurevolutionevolution

DilongEarly Cretaceous- China

(2004)

GuanlongLate Jurassic – China

(2006)

Yutyrannus – April 05 2012

© Xing & Liu

Sheehy (2012)Sheehy (2012)

why feathers?why feathers?

flight?flight?

Dinosaurs & feathers? Like peas & carrots.Dinosaurs & feathers? Like peas & carrots.

whales: from foot to flipper

Early 1800s

- Discovery of Basilosaurus

Tracing the history of whales…Tracing the history of whales…

Basilosaurus

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Basilosaurus

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Basilosaurus

Modern Whale

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Late 1900s

Pakistan

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Late 1900s

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Rhodhocetus

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Pakicetus (50 Ma)

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Even-toed hoofed mammals

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Missing links, anyone?

FinsFinstoto

LimbsLimbs

© Scientific American

Prothero (2007)

THE HUMAN ANIMAL THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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March of Progress (1965)

Meet theMeet theFamilyFamily

Zimmer (2005)© John Gurche

© Scientific American

Late Triassic – 210 million years ago(1887)

ProganochelysProganochelys

Late Triassic – 220 million years ago(2008)

OdontochelysOdontochelys

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