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For the evolutionists' claims to be true, therapsid fossils
would need to appear in order in the strata from the most
reptile-like to the most mammal-like, with respect to jaw
features. Yet, this order does not appear in the fossil
record.
In his book Darwin On Trial, the famous critic of
Darwinism Phillip Johnson makes this comment on the
subject:
An artificial line of descent [between reptiles and
mammals] can be constructed, but only by arbitrar-
ily mixing specimens from different subgroups,
and by arranging them out of their actual chrono-
logical sequence. 1

In addition, the ear and jaw bones are the only com-
mon feature between therapsids and mammals. When
the enormous differences between the therapsid and
mammalian reproductive system and other organs are
examined, it will be seen how far the question of the
supposed evolution of reptiles into mammals is from
being answered. Taking it still further, matters become
even more complicated. For example, one may ask how
mammals—a group that includes a great many different
categories, such as primates, horses, bats, whales, polar
bears, squirrels, and ruminants—evolved from reptiles
by means of random mutations and natural selection.
(For more detailed information on evolutionists' dilem-
mas with regard to the origin of mammals, see Harun
Yahya, Darwinism Refuted, Goodword Books, 2003.)

1 Phillip E. Johnson, Darwin on Trial, Intervarsity Press, 1993, p. 79

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