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Started by Solitary, August 28, 2014, 10:35:50 AM

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stromboli

Very interesting. Shit like this is what keeps confounding the creationists. Good post.

Hydra009

"If a fish could walk on land, would it still be a fish?"

Yes.  Yes is the answer.  They don't switch clades the instant their fins touch land or anything.  That'd be stupid.

And "fish" is a paraphyletic group that doesn't make much sense in light of evolution since it includes a common ancestor and some but not all of its descendents.  Rephrased in accurate terminology the question becomes "If a vertebrate could walk on land, would it still be a vertebrate?".  And that answer is a resounding duh.