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- > The record of evolution is still surprisingly jerky and, ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition than we had in Darwin’s time.
Remember that this quote is almost 50 years old. Some transitional series have been found since then (whales from Pakicetus to Basilosaurus, Tiktaalik, feathered dinosaurs etc). Second, Raup was not questioning natural selection. He was arguing about the tempo and mode of evolution.
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