Another famous prediction was how paleontologists were able to correctly predict where fossils of a species that was transitional between fish and land animals would be found (an island in the Canadian Arctic). It's an amazing story and here it is:
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Thursday, January 20, 2011
One of the most brilliant predictions scientists have ever made.
Scientists make predictions about evolution all the time. Some predictions are so spectacular they become famous, for example the prediction made about Human chromosome 2 and chimpanzee chromosomes 2p & 2q which had to be true or else biologists would have to throw out evolutionary biology and praise Jeebus. Of course this prediction was perfectly correct. It has become one of the most famous evidences for evolution, and it's so powerful that the professional evolution deniers have been forced to spread lies about it to defend their Christian death cult.
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evidence for evolution,
fossils
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