Dr. Jon Peters speaks on Whale Evolution

Main 10 AM Event:
"Dr. Jon Peters speaks on Whale Evolution"
http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/4/d/6/event_289378582.jpegAbstract:
The preponderance of evidence detailing whale evolution from multiple fields of research makes it nearly impossible to deny that whales have evolved from a deer-like ancestor to the aquatic forms that we know today. Evidence comes from newly discovered fossils, the many anatomical features of living whales, and newer revealed DNA comparisons between whales and hippos. The importance of this example is to demonstrate that macroevolution is true in whales and by extension with other species also, including humans. If macroevolution is true, then all types of creationism are invalidated except theistic evolution since only the latter can accommodate macroevolution, the evolution of species across large and divergent groups of organisms.

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