Whales, bats, horses, primates, elephants, hares, squirrels were as different when they first appeared as they are now

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 Sources 6 External Links 7 Related claims 8 Acknowledgments

Claim

Plants and animals (mammals) appear suddenly in the fossil record.

Source

• Anon, 1985. Life--How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or By Creation? Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., p. 65
• Should Evolution be Taught?, by John N. Moore, 1970, pp, 9,14, 24; New Scientist, "Letters", Sept 15, 1983, p. 798 (not verified)

Responses

1. Tautology. Not false but not meaningful either.
2. There is significant fossil evidence of the ancestry of many mammals.
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Suppressed Evidence
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Sources

1. The Fossil Record Considered. C.A.R.E. Ministries of Winnepeg. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

External Links

• Wikipedia, Fossil-based family tree of placental mammals
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Related claims

• Moore on mammals appearing suddenly in the fossil record
• Transitional fossils are lacking
• The fossil record shows sudden appearance followed by stasis

Acknowledgments

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