Page 92 - Genesis: Book of Beginnings and Science Behind it

In the classification system, primates are the order in which
apes, lemurs, monkeys, and humans have been placed.
Evolutionary scientists believe that all primates are related
to a common ancestor. Of course, since apes look more like
a modern man than other primates, they are believed to be
the most distant of man's relatives. Since scientists have
found billions of fossils from the past, and if evolutionary
theory is true, they should be able to find fossils that would
clearly display the changes that occurred over time to produce man from apes. We should find
creatures that are difficult to classify because, over those years, changes have happened very gradually.
We should find an intermediary fossil that links man to the apes somewhere along the way. For over
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
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showing relationships between species. For example, for vertebrates to move out of the water onto
the land, as is taught by evolutionary theory, there must be an animal that 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. The evolutionists assume that the species exists for evolution to be true; they just have not found
it yet. So rather than admit that a link never existed, they hold on to 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
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serious objection which can be urged against the theory." Stephen J. Gould, a militant humanist and
evolutionist, said, "All paleontologists know that the fossil record contains precious little in intermediate
forms; transitions between major groups are characteristically abrupt." To solve the problem, Gould
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invented a new theory called "punctuated equilibrium." His theory was that evolution occurred in spurts
where transitions were so rapid that there was no evidence 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
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monsters." He postulated that the first bird hatched from a reptilian egg. 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 admitting 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 by the evidence that denied the fact 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 has been
found. Then a fossil was found called Archaeopteryx, and
they immediately put it forward as a reptilian-avian link.
Archeopteryx was bird-like, with feathers, wings, and a bill; it
was lizard-like, with teeth, claws, and an unfused backbone.
The problem is that many reptiles don’t have teeth, ostriches

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