Darwin's theory and interspecies ???

Question

Does anyone know of any links to any reference of any real interspecies, creature at all.

ZZzzzzz to the creation vs big bang arguements whatever...so please refrain.

Answer 1

If, by interspecies, you mean an organism that is half one species and half another, then you won't find any - this is a misconception.

If, by interspecies, you mean transitional fossils:

"There are no transitional fossils"

"There isn't a nice way of saying this: anyone making this claim is either appallingly ignorant or an outright liar. In fact, there are far too many fossils with intermediate features to count - trillions if you include microfossils. These fossils show the transitions between major groups, from fish to amphibians, for instance, as well as from one species to another. New discoveries are continually made, from the half-fish, half-amphibian Tiktaalik to an early giraffe with a shorter neck than modern animals."

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life...

http://www.darwiniana.org/transitionals....

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/...

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/horses/h...

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~lovering/Ev...

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060413/fos...

etc.

Answer 2

If you're asking about transitional species, pretty much every living thing on Earth is one.  That's because evolution is a constant process and so what you see on Earth today is not the same as what you will see in 1,000,000 years, and not the same as what you would have seen 1,000,000 years ago.

Still, you'd probably be interested in some species that show clear transitions between two major taxa.  Consider Tiktaalik, which shows clear features of both fish and land animals.  Tiktaalik is considered by many to be an intermediate between fully-marine fishes and amphibians.  Or, you might consider the many feathered dinosaurs that have been discovered.  They clearly hint at an evolutionary relationship between raptorian dinosaurs and modern birds.

Of course there are many hominid fossils that represent species existing between the last common ape-human ancestor and modern man.  Perhaps someday, in the very distant future, archaeologists will look at the preserved remains of 21st century humans and consider them a transitional form to something else.  That is, if we don't blow ourselves up in the process.

I hope that helps.  Good luck!

Answer 3

I assume you are referring to what are usually referred to as transitional fossils. If so I have several references for you. There is a very good book out called "Finding Your Inner Fish" by paleontologist Dr. Neil Shubin that covers many transitional species but most specifically "Tiktaalik", discovered by Shubin only a year and a half ago, which was the unearthing of a fish with elbows and a neck, a long-sought evolutionary "missing link" between creatures of the sea and land-dwellers. (reference below)

This is of course only one example..there are numerous sites detailing the evolution of " Hyracotherium" into the modern horse, land animals into the modern whate etc.(references below)

Contrary to urban legend promoted by some who wish to discredit evolutionary theory...there are abundant examples of transitional fossils.