Barbarian observes:
Right. As you learned earlier, number of ribs and size are not good indicators of descent. That's why we don't use them.
No, it's quite right, for the reasons we made clear. If humans vary in the number of ribs, (and they do), and vary greatly in size (and they do), then you must either agree with the above, or suppose that humans comprise a number of different species. Further, if you are a creationist, you cannot consistently believe they had a common ancestor.
You look at the problem and summarize "that is why we ignore those problems"
No, you lied about that. As everyone can see here, I've addressed your objections with evidence, and you simply chose to claim I said something I did not. Bad idea, Bob.
And as you point out -- the differences in skeletal structure among EXISTING horses does not indicate "one came from the other".
No, you lied about that, too. For example, we can show the the difference in ribs explains why European horses and mustangs have the same number.
No "natural selection" going on even among LIVING horses to get the 14" horse vs the Clydesdale
Barbarian observes:
Artificial selection, actually. Humans mimic natural selection to get such great changes in superficial things. But adaptive variations, such as we see in teeth and ankles and spines takes considerably longer.
"Artificial" from ancestors having the SAME number of ribs and vertibrae in all cases.
No. Arabians, for example, have a different number. You've been badly misled on this, Bob.
I am simply pointing to the "junk science methods" that ARRANGE fossils in a sequence "that NEVER HAPPENED IN NATURE"
The "caps lock" key won't make you more credible, Bob. It's just evidence that you don't have anything of substance.
Barbarian continues:
Let's go on, then and test that claim. Since you were unable to find any differences between Hyracotherium and Orohippus (the appearance of which was later than that of Hyracotherium), we will conclude that they are sufficiently similar to be like modern horses, which differ in some respects, but all have a common ancestor.
Now, let's move on a bit. Here, as you remember, is Orohippus. It also differs from the earlier Hyracotherium in that the last premolar is a bit bigger, with higher cusps, indicating that it was adapted to a rougher diet than the browsing Hyracotherium.
There is no "test" there -- you simply "assume darwinian doctrine by default".
Since you can't find any differences between these two, greater than is found in many mammalian species, let's go to the next step. Remember, Mesohippus was not much different than Hyracotherium, and hardly at all different from Orohippus, but it had further reduced toes, a slightly longer skull, slightly longer legs, and one more premolar becoming molar-like.
Just a bit later in the fossil record, we find:
Miohippus.
Miohippus was again a bit larger, with a slightly longer face, and the ankle joint was less flexible. Not good for a forest browser, but great for a large animal on open plains.
Since you couldn't find much variation between the previous two, can you find more variation between the current two than is ordinarily found within many mammalian species?
If not, we'll go to the next step, next post.
That is not science -- it is religion.
It's called "evidence." And we're well on our way.
However we are getting off topic because this simply puts us down the road of "the next shell game" in the Darwinian model for horses --
We're testing that claim now. If you can find a gap that exceeds the variation found within many mammalian species, you're right. If not, you're wrong.
The point of the thread is to LOOK at the methods and principles USED to construct the first hoax
As you have seen, no hoax. Just evidence. And you haven't had much luck refuting it. Let's see how you do this time.
Oh, and just to save bandwidth, it could you just post the mantra once, and indicate where you want to insert it thereafter?