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.