Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.
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Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction.George G. Simpson
Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man.
George G. Simpson
Darwin (1859) recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular.
George G. Simpson
Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms.
George G. Simpson
Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences.
George G. Simpson
Such gradual transformation is also fairly well exemplified for subfamilies and occasionally for families, as the groups are commonly ranked.
George G. Simpson
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