Questions for Creationists

Here are some questions I have for creationists. I am not trying to be mean or malicious, but I feel these questions must be answered before creation can be considered anything like a valid scientific proposal.

1. What about the 'missing links'? Creationists write them off as either completely human or completely primate, but how can this be? We have archaic forms of homo sapiens with primitive traits, and we have upright apes with large craniums (Australopithicus Afarensis). What were all these subhuman creatures doing walking the earth?

2. What about atavisms?

3. What about ERVs?

4. What about the order of the fossil record? Why aren't dinosaurs and man found together? Three main mechanisms were proposed, but Stephen Jay Gould set you straight on that in the Arkansas trial. So just why does the fossil record appear to show evolution?

5. What would falsify creation?

The Top Evolution Defense sites

These are some blogs and sites that provide excellent and accurate information about evolution and expose the lies of creationism. Here are the top 5:

1. The Theory of Evolution Made Easy
2. DefCon's 10 reasons the Universe is NOT 6000 years old.
3. Talk Origins' 29 Evidences of Macro Evolution
4. Natural Selection at work
5. Berkeley University's explanation of evolution



Here are some interesting youtube accounts that have videos dealing with evolution/creationism:
http://www.youtube.com/cdk007
http://www.youtube.com/Ryansarcade9
http://www.youtube.com/user/potholer54
http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtantDodo
http://www.youtube.com/chadagg
http://www.youtube.com/nethius

Here are some good web pages:
1. This page has some excellent books about evolution that you can read for free!
2. Ed Babinski's Blog
3. National Center for Science Education
4. The Nylon Bug
5. Skeptical Inquirer's web page concerning Creationism. A very excellent resource!
6. Examples of Beneficial Mutations
7. PBS Evolution
8. Over 400 hominid fossils for your viewing pleasure.
9. American Atheists' page on Evolution. The "Half a Wing and No Prayer" article is especially good.
10. Features debates between a theistic evolutionist and creationists.
11. Incredibly smooth transitions in the fossil record.
12. Ed Babinski tears into AiG about dolphin atavisms.
13. Internet Infidels' page on creationism
14. Speciation
15. Ring Species
16. Observed instances of Speciation
17. Some more observed Instances of Speciation
18. Fifteen Answers to Creationist Nonsense
19. Ken Miller's Evolution website
20. Recent Evolutionary changes in lions
21. Stephen Jay Gould Library
22. The Flood: Myth and Science
23. Conflicts Between the Bible's Flood Story and the Fossil Record
24. HUGE List of Evolution Resources
25. Mitochondrial DNA and Man's History
26. No Answers in Genesis
27. A former creationist examines the flood myth scientifically
28. Pharyngula
29. Skeptic Friends' Creationism Page
30. http://www.answersincreation.org
31. Exposing the Lies of Kent Hovind
32. Talk Origins Google Group
33. Fossil Succession
34. Horse Evolution
35. The Evolution of Whales
36. Radiometric Dating: A Christian Perspective
37. Geological Time and the Evolution of Life
38. Vestigial Organs


Books about evolution/creationism:

Evolution for Everyone by David Sloan Wilson

Finding Darwin's God by Ken Miller

Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer

Living With Darwin by Philip Kitcher

The Making of the Fittest by Sean Carroll

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism by Ardea Skybreak

The Top Ten Myths About Evolution by Cameron Smith and Charles Sullivan

The Science Times Book of Fossils and Evolution by Nicholas Wade

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin-Read the original online for free!

Skeptic magazine is always a favorite.