Coelacanth Makes Darwin Cry

For a while, the coelacanth was considered a transitional form, using its fins to begin the process of walking. It also disappeared from the fossil record, then reappeared in layers dated later. Whereja go, whadja do? What was probably a backhand at Christianity, they called this reappearance a Lazarus taxon.

Thinking people should be given pause because of not only the disappearance and reappearance interpretations of the fossil record, but also the description of the critter's behavior without having seen it in action. The coelacanth has humiliated evolutionists — again.

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This fish is endangered, and museums specimens that can be studied are quite rare. After all this time and excitement, the head of one was examined by anatomists. It turns out that much of the anatomy had been wrongly understood for many years. Also, Darwin's disciples say it did not evolve fast enough. Further, all of its internal structure was in place by the Master Engineer from the beginning. Yippie ky yay, secularists!

The famous “living fossil” fish coelacanth was thought long extinct for tens of millions of years until 1938, when one was caught by a fishing boat off the African coast. Since then, more living examples have been found around India and Africa. This prime example of a “Lazarus Taxon” back from the dead had been considered an evolutionary transition between fish and tetrapods, because to early Darwinists, its bony fins looked like legs trying to emerge by natural selection. That idea perished when living coelacanths were found swimming in a head-down position, not using the bony fins for walking on the sea bottom at all.

To read the rest, swim over to "Coelacanth Anatomy Was Botched." Related: "The Coelacanth Continues to Frustrate Evolutionists." You'll thank me later.