There are numerous reports of whalers finding atavistic legs on whales. Also, reports by biologists riding whaler vessels.
It seems to me that these would indicate that the more fanatical, in-denial, creationists are wrong about at least one thing.
In the evolution view of the world, whales evolved from land mammals, spending more and more time in the water until their biology opted for non-leg design. The vestigial leg genes are expressed sometimes, giving us legged whales.
In the creationist view, either God created a sea creature that incorporated the potential for legs, which really begs the question of 'why.' What possible reason could a whale benefit from a couple of legs? And if there is a good reason for a whale to have legs, why don't they all?
Or, they are a mutation. A mutation that shows that an organism can, in one generation, create wholy-new information, that is not only not-lethal, but closely resembles the structure of legs found in normally-legged mammals.
Which would certainly solve the 'half a wing' argument, i suppose. Proving that, like in Star Trek, there are no gradual changes, just out-of-thin-air advancements 'to the next evolutionary level.'
It seems to me that these would indicate that the more fanatical, in-denial, creationists are wrong about at least one thing.
In the evolution view of the world, whales evolved from land mammals, spending more and more time in the water until their biology opted for non-leg design. The vestigial leg genes are expressed sometimes, giving us legged whales.
In the creationist view, either God created a sea creature that incorporated the potential for legs, which really begs the question of 'why.' What possible reason could a whale benefit from a couple of legs? And if there is a good reason for a whale to have legs, why don't they all?
Or, they are a mutation. A mutation that shows that an organism can, in one generation, create wholy-new information, that is not only not-lethal, but closely resembles the structure of legs found in normally-legged mammals.
Which would certainly solve the 'half a wing' argument, i suppose. Proving that, like in Star Trek, there are no gradual changes, just out-of-thin-air advancements 'to the next evolutionary level.'
