-=> Quoting Keith Knapp to Andrew Cummins <=-
 AC> KK> Fossilization is an extremely rare process.
 
 AC>"Rare" means a more random sample which
 AC>means a better picture of the history of life.
 KK> I would say exactly the opposite.  The acidic soils of jungles
 KK> and forests causes rapid decay of bones, so those animals will
 KK> be underrepresented.  Animals that die in conditions conducive to
 KK> rapid fossilization will be overrepresented.
You're arguing that the fossil record is biased.  "Rare" does not
mean biased.  And, "bias" doesn't solve your problem either.
Transitional species are no more likely to live in conditions less
favorable for preservation than non-transitional species (btw,
how can we even talk about non-transitional species if Evolution
is true).
 AC>Apes became threatened because the white man introduced
 AC>African-Africans (heh) to an abundant supply of guns and
 AC>medicine.  Before this century, Apes didn't have to worry much
 AC>about spears tossed by populations which remained small in spite
 AC>of astronomical conception rates.
 KK> So what you're saying is that the poor ignorant little darkies
 KK> should be left in ignorance where they belong, right?
I'm saying that the black population of Africa was not a
threat to apes, for reasons other than virtue.  That last
bit was gratuitous, of course.  Shame on me for being
politically incorrect, even if correct.
 
 KK> It can be demonstrated in the lab.  And if you ever get a secondary
 KK> infection from an antibiotic-resistant bug, you will have more
 KK> evidence than you really want.
Take away the antibiotics, put both versions of the bug
in a room to fight it out.  Which do you expect would
win?  The normal bug or the antibiotic resistant bug?
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