Discovery Sheds Light on the Evolution of Early Mammals

06 November 2007

 A fossil discovered by a Chinese and American paleontologists turns out to be a new mammal (Pseudotribos) that was buried in a old lake bed in northern China. A study of the teeth revealed that this mammal was adapted to its environment because it had teeth that allowed it to survive. While this may not seem like big news since all animals that have teeth use them to survive, those that believe in evolution see this as a successful adaptation that allowed it to survive.

 The article also says this is an example of "convergent evolution" or that two different types of animals just happened to evolve the same type of teeth at around the same time. Any fossil record of convergent evolution should give evolutionists a statistical nightmare on how it is possible for separate animals to have the exact same genetic improvements, and especially if they happen at the same time. Adaptations do not increase the existing genetic information. If an animal needs better teeth so it can eat bugs better, it does not matter how much time there is, that animal only has the teeth its genes tell it to have. They need to either find a different source of food, or die.

1. Different animals that eat similar things may or may not have similar teeth.
2. Similar teeth mean similar genetic information (it must be contagious).
3. Animals will move to an environment where there is food they can eat long before they mutate the genes necessary to eat the food in their current environment.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07311/831610-114.stm