Argument #1: Transitional Fossils

[Rampant.A.I.]

http://www.transitionalfossils.com/

Well, that was easy.

Oh look, another result:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary...e/lines_03

Why, it's almost as if he didn't even bother looking.

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Trilobites are an example of an organism appearing suddenly in the fossil record void of any evidence of transitions. Furthermore, trilobites have an organized complexity comparable to modern day invertebrates.

The facts remain, fossils have been discovered to suddenly appear in the record without transition. This is what would be expected from intelligent design not macroevolution.

Pick up a piece of rock from the Cambrian period, over 500 million years ago, and most of the fossils you'll see are trilobites. Paleontologists imagine a seafloor literally crawling with these armored arthropods. How did they survive so long and become so diverse? Well, one of the clues seems to lie in their hard shells that fossilize so well — their exoskeletons.

"Appeared suddenly" is a misunderstanding of the process of fossilization.



Also doesn't look like God was fully successful there, gave up on a dozen varieties after a few hundred million, and just went "oh well":



http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary...success_03