And mutations can occur very quickly - I recall in one of my high school
biology books of the moth in England that changed colours over a period of
decades after the start of the industrial revolution and the resulting smog
and its blackening effect on the landscape. The moths that were darker had a
higher incidence of survival (were more camoflaged) and over time became the
established colour. (I hope I got the details right - HS was ~40 years
ago... :-) )
I agree with what you say about missing link - no need and not necessary -
enough evidence as it is...
Marilyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "zack passman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: Missing Link
> Faith might be wonderful, but its less testable in a lab then evolution.
> Evolution is more than a hypothesis because it IS testable. You
> anti-evolutionists apply the definition of hypothesis to the word theory
> when theory is the analysis of facts. The missing link is not necessary
> to
> prove evolution. There is enough evidence through fossil records and DNA
> not to mention that you can find evidence in other species' fossil records
> and you can literally watch it happen with single cell organisms. Maybe
> if
> I had faith, I wouldn't worry about swine flu mutating into something much
> worse.