"And there is no distinction between micro- and macro-evolution." Wow you should tell dawkins he sure thinks that there is. So does every other scientist I have read or talked with. The answer for origin doesn't erase the need for science in any area.
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Fleshy Lobe Finned Fish are the vertebrate super ancestor at the point of leaving the sea. It has what basically are fleshy fins that help it swim. Before you say that would not work well remember the best swimmers have fleshy fins. Like all those whales.
Like the ambulocetus. Its a mammalian crocodile. Its evolution showed vertical plane movement as a method of swimming found in all cetacea. It shows basic ground movement capability and a lot of adaptation for living in shallow water. Its not a big jump from there. Rhodocetus was found in primarily sea water. It was more dolphin/seal like. Same tube shaped body and four fins to help it move but rather than using the feet for propulsion it used it for steering while utilising the entire body. Then we have basilosaurus that came last in this list which is basically a giant carnivorous dolphin shape with a crucial difference of that it had four "pectoral" fins... You remove the two rear ones and you have a bloody giant carnivore dolphin.
We submitted our Data on genetics for the Kent Hovind prize alongside the ambulocetus to Indohyus and Pakecetids a hooved animal that hid under the water under threat. He never got back to us with a response. Since we could have taken him to court and taken all his shinies... Whale evolution is one of the best plotted because whales fossilise very well!
The difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution.... is time frame. That is all...
Of course, it'll be completely useless to destroy the faith bubble they encase themselves in... sad really...
Snakes (vestigial limbs), sea turtles (finger bones inside flippers), red squirrels on one side of the Grand Canyon, grey squirrels on the other side (red tinted lands on one side, forests on the other), skinks (some have totally lost their legs to internal vestigials, some are still in the process). And that's just a few.
"So does every other scientist I have read or talked with. "
Fundie liars are not scientists.
"You start naming animals that you think you can prove Macro evoultion and I will show you how ignorant you are."
We have the tiktaalik fossils. We win. We also have the Pakicetus fossils. We win again.
"There is no magical distinction between inches and feet. They measure the same thing, only in different magnitudes"
"Not according to all the rulers out there!"
About as sensical as bazil's contribution, anyways
Many scientists think there is a distinction between macro and micro evolution:
"Macroevolution is more than repeated rounds of microevolution"
"As a Darwinian, I wish to defend Goldschmidt's postulate that macroevolution is not simply microevolution extrapolated"
And many do not:
"Macroevolution is nothing more than microevolution stretched out over a much greater time span."
The terms macro- and micro-evolution were invented, used and argued over by scientists for decades before creationists decided to make an issue out of it. What is more, they're still arguing over the terms now.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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