Quote Originally Posted by Pass That Shit
Is it a fossil of a mermaid?

Possibly a seal or sea lion?

Seriously though, How does having a fossil prove that it evolved in any way? Science is just like religion, you have to beleive it to be true, it's not that there's scientific proof that we are a product of evolution. It always comes down to faith in God or faith in science. I started a thread about this very subject. People put faith in science just like people put faith in God. It always comes down to faith, not logic.
None of those types of things existed at that point in time, according to the fossil record.

Idk, I think its pretty telling all in all, you have a creature that has parts of it meant for life as a fish, as well as the beginnings of what is required to live on land. No other types of creatures have been found that are like this one, and it is believed to be from the period of time that just happens to be the gap between the all underwater creature period, and first landwalkers period.

Im not saying that it is definite proof, but its very convincing when looked at under the light of evolution.

And yes, in the end, for alot of things, it is faith. But the key thing about science is, the things it deals with can be tested in a varifiable way. Its not about some unknown unknown, and nothing is accepted as "fact" or more precisely, theory, unless it can pass a large measure of scrutiny that most other things faith based cant even begin to fathom passing.

Now we could argue that the methods used for testing, and the very theories and equations we use for the testing are faulty, and therefore what we find is faulty, but at that point in time, you would be calling into question everything in existance, and I think you would find a staunch opponent in natureisawesome then.