were both lay-people on this subject, so all we can do is compare what we have read on the matter.
I have visited the site you posted, as well as others, some of which purport to show the complete fossil lineage of various modern animals, such as the whale. Their portrayals are impressive, yet as the linkages are expounded upon I notice a lot of "probably descended from(s)" and theoretically was linked to," and the like.
There are hundreds of quotes on the Internet from distinguished evolutionists who admit the inadequacy of the fossil record in supporting evolution. For every claimed specimen of a transitional fossil, there are objections from qualified experts. The "archaeopoteryx" comes up frequently as a transitional fossil from dinosaurs to birds. Yet others point out that it is clearly classified as a bird and in no way constitutes a "half-dinosaur/half-bird" type of discovery.
As I mentioned to Ion, I think it is fruitless to engage in dueling Google hits, first one side, and then the other. At some point we have to rely upon our own logic and common sense. That may be difficult for both ourselves and the scientists if we all of us are committed to seeing things from a fixated point of view.
What my common sense tells me is that if there has been a process for many millions of years of species transforming into totally different species (e.g., dinosaurs to birds) then there must have been millions of in-between species that lived on earth. "Millions" would be inadequate to describe the incredible number of such gradually transforming species and classifications that must have existed.
Yet, while our fossil record of the dinosaurs themselves is vast, we never find clear, indisputable specimens of the in-betweens. Where did they all go? Why do we constantly find fossils of dinosaurs and fossils of birds, but never the countless in-betweens?
Doesn't this strike you as odd? It struck Darwin as very odd, and he acknowledged that it was the strongest argument against his theory. And not much has changed since.
But maybe your common sense takes you to a different place than mine takes me.
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