Darwin's Dilemma (Burgess Shale)
The Burgess Shale is notable for its large variety of animals with many being soft bodied. This could only happen from a rapid burial.
The video showed to us in this lab looked into the issues with the fossil record. Although much of the fossil record has many creatures not alive today, it is not complete enough to fully support the theory of evolution. The video explained that the fossil record does not have the slow change from one simple creature to many more complex creatures. They explained that many of the body types were already in existence from this explosion of life. Therefore, the development of life was more like "blades of grass" and not a "tree". The video also showed the probability that genetic mutation would be a positive change which shows the improbability that evolution was driving by mutation. They also said that the amount of data required to build a fully functioning organism is proof that intelligence design is the only way.
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