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gradually. Somewhere along the way, we should find an intermediary fossil that links man to the apes.
For over a 170 years, scientists have searched for such a fossil: the missing link.

Actually paleontologists have been looking for a link between any gap in the fossil record between any
animal and its supposed evolutionary ancestor. Missing links are placeholders used when a transitional
fossil cannot be found to fill in the “tree of life,” a visual representation of the evolutionary process
showing relationships between species. 100 For example, for vertebrates to move out of the water on to
the land as is taught by evolutionary theory, there must be an animal which first developed lungs and
four legs. When they find no proof of such a transitional species, its place is marked as “missing” on the
tree. It is assumed by the evolutionists that the species exists in order for evolution to be true; they just
have not found it yet. So rather than admit that a link never existed, they hold on their faith in evolution
that someday links will be found.

Charles Darwin confessed in the Origin of the Species that the absence of transitional fossils is “the most
serious objection which can be urged against the theory.” 101 Stephen J. Gould, a militant humanist and
evolutionist said, “All paleontologists know that the fossil record contains precious little in the way of
intermediate forms; transitions between major groups are characteristically abrupt.” 102 To solve the
problem, Gould came invented a new theory called “punctuated equilibrium.” His theory was that
evolution occurred in spurts where transitions were so rapid, that no evidence is available to verify
those changes.

In 1940, Professor Richard B. Goldschmidt of the University of California postulated another quick fix.
He proposed that there occurred gigantic mutations, which, he claimed, could produce “hopeful
monsters.” He postulated that the first bird hatched from a reptilian egg. 103 The problem he faced is
that TWO hopeful monsters must hatch at the same time, one male and one female, and find one
another to be able to reproduce. Again, another fairy tale rather than admit the truth that there are no
missing links. God created each type of plant and animal “after its kind.”

In the past, several fossils that have been found have been declared to be missing links, only to be
disheartened that the evidence denied the facts that there is no link. Here are a few examples:

Archaeopteryx
Evolutionists believe that birds evolved from reptiles, but no
transitional animal between dinosaurs and birds had been found. Then
a fossil was found called archaeopteryx and they immediately put it
forward as a reptilian-avian link. Archeopteryx was bird-like, having
feathers, wings, and a bill; it was lizard-like having teeth, claws, and an
unfused backbone. The problem is that many reptiles don’t have
teeth, ostriches do have claws on their wings, penguins have an
unfused backbone, and platypuses have bills and lay eggs. So, those
characteristics of the archaeopteryx prove nothing. Scientists have not found any fossil bearing any kind
of transitional state between scales and feathers. Archaeopteryx, they have finally admitted, was just
an extinct BIRD. 104

100 https://www.compellingtruth.org/missing-link.html
101 C. Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 313.
102 https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/306-those-missing-links
103 Ibid.
104 https://www.compellingtruth.org/missing-link.html
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