But that's exactly my point. A whale is a mammal, with mammalian-bones by design, so to find bones of land-mammals that look similar to it is tautologous.
So all mammals are not just alike, but the same so that finding consistent structures in mammals is tautologous. Mike, that's nonsense.
Have you noticed there isn't anything really all that similar to a seahorse and so there are no ancestors for that fish.
Given that I am not a biologist, is what I've 'noticed' really the point?
Yeah, there do seem to be ancestors for a sea horse.
http://fusedjaw.com/...beginners-guide-to-seahorse-evolution
Why is it that where there is dissimilarity, there tends to be no evolution-story? I don't see you providing a whole selection for platypus evolution, unless you are going to use ducks as your transitionals.
That is not what you've shown, Mike. Evolution is not a straight line, it is a tree. The common ancestors for dissimilar things are very distant. When you look at the leaves, you have to follow a long way before you get to the trunk.
Dissimilar things look different. Yes. And to get there you take large groupings like mammals and say that they are all the same, despite the huge differences between them.
Well that's exactly what is expected. Evolution and common descent necessarily produces a tree like structure in which the things you are suggesting are expected. Close relatives have more similar traits that distant relatives, yet we can find evolutionary paths between even reptiles and mammals. There is no reason at all for a sea horse to have any substantial morphological similarities to mammals or reptiles. On the other hand, there is no real reason to expect a tree like structure for special creation.
Does a platypus have a place in the tree? Yes it does have a place as being a mammal that is common to other mammals from an extremely distant branch. Are you claiming that we cannot find similarities with other mammals? Well you don't seem to be. In fact, the platypus reinforces the idea that there is a link between mammals and reptiles.
Engage your own brain, bro.
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