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[Pete]

"There is a gap!" the creationists cry.

Again with the creationists junk? Why do you keep bringing those kooks up?? I have absolutely zero interest in what creationists think and I prefer not be confused with them. Okay?

I seem to have made the mistake of using the term "gap" with the sudden appearance in complex life forms. I was not referring to the incompleteness of the fossil record when I was speaking of a gap in the fossil record. I can see how that can be confusing to you. My mistake.

Let me quote what this book I'm reading on evolution has to say about all of this

Darwin wondered where to find transitional life forms (consider them the in-between-this-and-that forms). Although we've had more success in finding transitional life forms, today scientists still feel his pain. They are better at knowing where to look and they have more people looking, but they still struggle to find them.

Scientists hypothesize that evolution doesn't occur at a constant rate: It can occur in bursts seperated by long periods when not much happens. If transitional was brief, the chance that such forms would have been fossilized is even more dicey.

I'm not asserting that lack of finds of fossils is any mystery at all. I was thinking about rates of evolution. I mistook that phenomena with the common use of "gap" in the fossil record. I won't make that mistake again. So I would appreciate it if people would get off this creationsists kick. I'm not a creationist and have no interest in what their opinions/arguements are. Frankly I'm tired of hearing about them.