Here we have "skeptic Joe" who probes all statements and beliefs for logical flaws, but fails to do so for his own pet fairy tales.

Hey Great Joe, you found the holy grail, a supposed missing link. The fact that this is "news" simply underscores the fact that creationists claims that transitional forms are extremely rare and highly dubious are to be taken seriously.

‘Thewissen et al.’s discovery of these terrestrial cetaceans is one of the most important events in the past century of vertebrate palaeontology. Only a very few fossils, such as these, reveal a link between two groups of vertebrates that are hugely different in terms of evolution … . But the new fossils superbly document the link between modern whales and their land-based forebears, and should take their place among other famous “intermediates”, such as the most primitive bird, Archaeopteryx, and the early hominid Australopithecus (emphasis added).’ Muizon, C.de., Walking with whales, Nature 259:260, 2001

There you have it, 3 "famous" transitions. Archeopteryx for example is well known NOT to be any intermediary since true birds existed prior to it!

by the way, you have to love those "artist's conception of male Maiacetus inuus as it would have appeared in life". At least we cannot fault the evolution believer for lack of imagination.

"flipper-like legs" Translation, no flippers

"He said the Maiacetus fossils APPEAR to represent an intermediate whale form" (empasis added) Translation: we have no idea whether or not this represents a true transition (it doesn't), but by including this statement late in the article, we hope that guys like "skeptic joe" will push this around the internet to strengthen the faith of evolution believers everywhere.

www.answersingenesis.org/creat...le.asp