1. Knight (1897) Gallup ® – June 2 2014

2. Knight (1897) For a creationist it is possible that the various species of zebra had a common ancestor but this is not the case for zebras, bears and antelopes—still less for monkeys and humans, for birds and reptiles or for fish and fir trees. Michael Reiss (2007)

4. Potts & Sloan (2010)

5. All Life is Connected

6. Natonal Geographic Evolution is… - the accumulation of inherited changes in populations of organisms over the course of generations - “descent with modification”

7. In other words… 1. Do kids look like their parents? 2. Do individuals of a group look different? 3. Do individuals of a group have the same number of offspring?

8. In more other words… 1. Do kids look like their parents? 2. Do individuals of a group look different? 3. Do individuals of a group have the same number of offspring? yes + yes + no = evolution

9. All Life is Connected

10. The Field Museum

11. All Life is Connected

13. National Museum of Nature and Science

14. The average American spends less than five percent of his or her life in classrooms. (Falk & Dierking 2010)

15. The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.- G.K. Chesteron Scientists concede that their most cherished theories are based on embarrassingly few fossil fragments and that huge gaps exist in the fossil record. - Time (11.07.77)

16. quills for thrills: are we still talking about missing links? Richard Kissel, PhD Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

19. Thomas Huxley Birds & Dinosaurs “The road from Reptiles to Birds is by way of Dinosauria” (1868) “There is no evidence that Compsognathus possessed feathers; but, if it did, it would be hard indeed to say whether it should be called a reptilian bird or an avian reptile.” (1876)

21. Early Cretaceous – China (1996) Sinosauropteryx

22. Sinosauropteryix first dinosaur for which color is known (2010) melanosomes – microscopic pigment-bearing structures found in the feathers of living birds (100 melanosomes can fit across a human hair) Sinosauropteryx

23. Early Cretaceous – Asia (1999) Sinornithosaurus

24. Early Cretaceous – Asia (2000) Microraptor

25. 2012

26. Late Cretaceous – Asia (1924) Velociraptor 2007 1971

27. Epidexipteryx Late Jurassic – China (2008)

28. Late Jurassic – Asia (2009) Anchiornis 2012

29. Late Jurassic – Germany (2012) Sciurumimus

30. Late Cretaceous North America & Asia (1905) Tyrannosaurus

31. Tyrannosaur evolution Dilong Early Cretaceous- China (2004) Guanlong Late Jurassic – China (2006)

32. Yutyrannus – April 05 2012 © Xing & Liu

34. Sheehy (2012)

35. why feathers?

36. flight?

37. Dinosaurs & feathers? Like peas & carrots.

40. whales: from foot to flipper

41. Early 1800s - Discovery of Basilosaurus Tracing the history of whales…

42. Basilosaurus Tracing the history of whales…

43. Basilosaurus Tracing the history of whales…

44. Basilosaurus Modern Whale Tracing the history of whales…

45. Late 1900s Pakistan Egypt Tracing the history of whales…

46. Late 1900s Tracing the history of whales…

47. Rhodhocetus Tracing the history of whales… Image © The Field Museum

48. Rhodhocetus (50 Ma) Basilosaurus (40 Ma) Tracing the history of whales…

49. Pakicetus (50 Ma) Tracing the history of whales…

52. Even-toed hoofed mammals Artiodactyls

53. Image © The Field Museum Artiodactyls

54. Image © The Field Museum Artiodactyls

56. Missing links, anyone?

58. Fins to Limbs © Scientific American Prothero (2007)

59. THE HUMAN ANIMAL © John Gurche

60. March of Progress (1965)

66. Meet the Family Zimmer (2005)© John Gurche

69. © Scientific American

70. Late Triassic – 210 million years ago (1887) Proganochelys

71. Late Triassic – 220 million years ago (2008) Odontochelys

77. Knight (1897) Gallup ® – June 2 2014

78. Knight (1897) Gallup ® – June 2 2014 How can we improve?

79. Knight (1897) Gallup ® – June 2 2014 How Can we improve?

80. Debate Dialog Relevant Conceptions & Ways of Knowing