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Why do we only find fossils?

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Chiroptera
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11-09-2005 8:24 PM 		Reply to: Message 9 by randman
11-09-2005 8:22 PM

Re: We find non fossilized material.
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...such as claiming Pakicetus had webbed feet which wasn't true....
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It would make sense that the first whale would not have had webbed feet.
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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt
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11-09-2005 8:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 7 by Yaro
11-09-2005 8:17 PM

Re: We find non fossilized material.
Good example, Yaro.
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I was going to bring up mummies -- no mummified remains of any species radiometrically dated to be older than some certain date -- but tar pits is even better.
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PS. Who is that in your newest avatar?
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