Thoughts, Juss Splaining the Cambrian explosion and how it's not a threat to the idea of evolution.

Juss Splaining the Cambrian explosion and how it’s not a threat to the idea of evolution.

Stasis in Fossil Record

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There are three major problems with the fossil record.

1. The first is that the fossil record shows species originating abruptly. This contradicts the predictions of Darwin’s hypothesis. His hypothesis calls for very many intermediate forms gradually grading from one species to another. But instead the record shows the opposite - species arise abruptly.

2. Secondly, the geologic record shows that species do not change significantly through time. For millions of years they remain constant - with only minor and random change. This also contradicts the predictions of the hypothesis of Darwin.

3. The “Cambrian explosion” represents a period in which most of the current phyla [broad groups of life forms] all appeared in a very short geological span of time. This also seriously contradicts the hypothesis of Darwin.

The problems with the fossil record are more extreme than it might seem. The evidence of the fossils is in stunning contradiction to Darwin’s theory. Generally this contradiction is not well known and so I have attempted in this newsletter to bring out the details.

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