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Third evolution lecture. During my 4hr break, i was studying ...and had a few questions...so i went to ask the prof. One of the evidence she gave for evol'n were intermediate organisms.. there's fossils of orgnaisms that were reptiles w/ feathers...showing they they were in intermediate stages.. evolving into a bird.. so...my question: shouldn't there be these intermediate organisms ALIVE now? ...why are they only in fossils. I went to her office, hoping to catch her off guard with my question..he hee. She said how it's only when we're looking back that we'll realize when a species will diverge- we can't know in the present. And once say "x" diverged into reptiles and birds...it's impossible for the new reptile to evolve into a bird because it's already gained it's special adaptive structures ("fit") as a reptile....so then i asked how come there's no intermediates of prime mates and homosapians walking around...she said some think chimps are intermediates of humans & orangutans..it's 'relative'...

then i told her how i'm skeptical about all this evolution stuff...i told her how i understood and its makes sense..on a micro level.. but as a whole...i can't accept it. She was super nice.. she said most ppl can't.. but it's alright. Tha's the thing i love about utsc..the profs are so helpful and sincere =)

Btw she does her research on sexual cannibalism in spider ...lol =)