Evolution Has Landed

An exciting new discovery of an early tetrapod fossil of the species known as Ventastega curonica reveals the way our ancestors left the water three and a half hundred million years ago.
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Ahlberg PE, Clack JA, Luksevics E, Blom H, Zupins I (2008) Ventastega curonica and the origin of tetrapod morphology. Nature 453(7199):1199-204.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/33623/title/Fossil_helps_document_...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7473470.stm
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• theory
• of
• evolution
• today
• tiktaalik
• darwin
• dawkins
• natural
• selection
• creationism
• id
• transitional
• fossils
• fish

[Desertphile]

"Your Inner Fish" is a very fun book, and also extremely educational. As you mentioned so well, evolutionary theory predicted and predicts what we will see in the world: that is the epitome of a valid theory.

[EvolutionToday]

"Your Inner Fish" is not that expensive either; only $16.32 online. Haven't checked my local bookstore that I prefer to support. It should be required reading in intro college science or even in high school.

[A4AgnstcFndmntlst]

Good content and good production quality!

[EvolutionToday]

thanks!

[ChuckyJesus666]

I wish....that we'd get away from saying "transitional forms," because all forms are transitional -- all forms are in evolving with each generation, if only a miniscule amount of change. Of course, I know what is meant by the term; it's meant to describe the forms which are between major taxonomic groups, but sadly, creationists zero in on this and misuse it.

[hairyreasoner]

Fantastic work. Looking forward to more.

Thank you.

[ChuckyJesus666]

@jbooks888 Typical Christian, nothing but a name caller....and the people who claim to hear god...shouldn't they be locked up in a mental hospital?

[jbooks888]

Fin to limb transitions? YOU LIAR! You have nothing that proves any of this.

[jbooks888]

@ChuckyJesus666 Funny about that - for years evos were in pursuit of the missing link - now they claim that there would be none! Talk about blind fools.

[jbooks888]

"365 million year old species!" ha ha ha - anyone who actually accepts that figure needs to be locked away in a mental hospital. SO, you found a few crumbly old bones and now you say you have the answer! Again, anyone who believes this crap needs to be locked up.

[shadowknigth95]

@janole3711 Stupid christians

[shadowknigth95]

@EpikToest So what?

[EpikToest]

This is gonna piss off the christians

[FellOnSoundGarden]

you are an idiot

[janole3711]

hahha stupid evos

[TheWoshipper]

Yes~~!! we found fossils of 4 legged being 18 mil years before Tiktaalik...

Science? I don't think so... You set hypothesis up first and find the evidence.

we didn't have to do anything but read bible and believe in it. haha...

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