(July 12, 2014 at 11:41 am)Jenny A Wrote:That's a matter of debate really. Big one. The guy making that proposal is known for being way out in left field, and because of that he has done some important work, but his suggestion that three species of pachycephlasaurs are the same species is a little out there because it would mean that adolescents grow 6-7 inch spikes on their skulls only to have them reduced to bumps as adults.(July 12, 2014 at 9:51 am)Polaris Wrote: Evolution in the vein of paleontology is a science for those who like to make a lot of mistakes because of guessing and extrapolation and pass it off as fact.
Paleontology does lead to mistakes including whoopers like mistaking different developmental stages of the same animal for different species. But that's about the details of evolution.
As evidence of evolution's existence, paleontology is unmistakeable and overwhelming. The record runs from single cell to multi-cell. And complex forms are invariably elaborations of other complex forms. Geographic separation inevitably leads to differing forms. The greater the separation, the greater the differences. Hence the marsupial.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
