Claim CC202:
Sequences of transitional fossils do not show direct ancestry. For example, with the fossil whale transition, which evolutionists consider as good a series of transitional fossils as one could hope to find, the fossils show extinct side lineages at best. Even if we had a fossil of every individual in the lineage, we could not verify direct ancestry. Fossils cannot show evidence of descent with modification even in principle.
中間化石の系列は直接の祖先を示さない。たとえば、化石クジラの移行は、進化論者たちが中間化石の系列として発見を望める最良のものだと考えているが、これらの化石はせいぜいが絶滅した血筋を示すに過ぎない。血筋上の全個体の化石があったとしても、直接の祖先を検証できない。原理的に、変化を伴う系統の証拠を化石は示せない。
Source:
Wells, Jonathan, 2006. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design. Washington DC: Regnery, 18-23.