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Thread #155013 Message #3648329
Posted By: Stu
04-Aug-14 - 03:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Church joins real world
Subject: RE: BS: Church joins real world
"there might be, might not be, either way it is not evidence for evolution other than an argument from silence ."
No, if you find a horse in the Burgess Shale you would go a long way to disproving evolution. However, the absence of a horse in the shales is largely irrelevant to palaeontologists, it's what's there that matters.
"not to be expected to survive aeons"
No it wasn't, you're right. But survive it did and we're getting closer to understanding how this occurs, and it's implications. Surprises like this often happen in science and are known as 'discoveries'.
"a scientific argument for a more recent life of dino."
No it isn't. Had it been, life would have become very interesting but as I said, we're getting a handle on the taphonomic processes that meant some of these proteins survived. Shine on, you have only picked on one tiny part of an exciting field of discovery.
By the way, dinosaurs are still with us. You mean 'non-avian dinosaur'. There. You might have actually learnt something useful today.