Fossil may be 'missing link' from sea to land

28 June 2008

 Fossil fragments of a creature known as Ventastega curonica have been found that appear to be half way between a fish and a land creature. The remains comprise a skull, braincase, shoulder girdle and partial pelvis. Can these fragment fossils prove the creature was an intermediate between water and land? Can they prove it lived 365 million years ago?

Real science consists of the following:
 - Observe a problem that needs to be solved.
 - Create a hypothesis (or educated guess) on the results.
 - Do observable, empirical, measurable experiments.
 - Use data acquired to validate the hypothesis and create a theory or falsify the hypothesis and discard it.

What actually happens when a fossil is found.
 - Presuppose molecules to man evolution has happened.
 - Imagine what the original creature must have looked like.
 - Fit that representation into the geologic column where it looks appropriate.

"The process that transformed fins into limbs is poorly understood, despite being a key transition in evolution." Does this quote sound like it fits the definition of science?

"It has long been accepted that all land animals with backbones – including humans – are descended from one small group of fish that left the water about 365 million years ago." If this process is "poorly understood" why has it been long accepted? Quite simply, because either it happened all by itself or some one else did it. Many people would rather believe in something there is no evidence of rather than accept the fact that God has "appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness".

As shown in other articles the primary way fossil ages are determined is by biostratigraphy (dating the fossil by the layer as compared to the geologic column). If I wanted to prove that my car evolved from a bicycle would it be sufficient to provide thousands of intermediate steps that progressively look more and more like a car?

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Fossil-may-be-39missing-link39.4223822.jp
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/33623/title/ Fossil_helps_document_shift_from_sea_to_land