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CONFIDENCE IN THE FACT OF EVOLUTION RESTS UPON THREE GREAT CLASSES OF INFORMATION – ACCORDING TO GOULD SMALL SCALE/ SHORT TERM CHANGES • CHANGES WE CAN SEE DURING A LIFETIME • DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE PESTICIDE RESISTANCE PEPPERED MOTH BACTERIA RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS • • • • • EX MERSA METHACILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ARTIFICIAL SELECTION TOLERANCE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS DANDELION HEIGHT LARGE SCALE/LONG TERM CHANGES • CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, MILLIONS, TENS OF MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, AND BILLIONS OF YEARS • WE CANNOT POSSIBLE OBSERVE THESE CHANGES, BUT WE CAN INFER THEM FROM THE EVIDENCE FISH TO AMPHIBIAN REPTILE TO MAMMAL REPTILE TO BIRD WHALE EVOLUTION SIGNS OF HISTORY PRESERVED IN LIVING THINGS AND ECOSYSTEMS HUMAN VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES • • • • • • • TAILBONE APPENDIX EAR WIGGLE NICTITATING MEMBRANE WEBBING IN FINGERS AND TOES WISDOM TEETH ………. VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES IN WHALES • • • • • Hind limbs Finger muscles Diaphragm Ear canal that leads to no external ear …. VESTIGES IN SNAKES • HIPS, LEGS IN PYTHONS, BOAS EVIDENCE OF HISTORY IN ECOSYSTEMS • • • • • • COAL IN ANTARCTICA SEA FOSSILS IN DESERT REGIONS SEA FOSSILS ON MOUNTAIN TOPS LAND FOSSILS ON SEA FLOOR ….. DUE TO CONTINENTAL DRIFT
