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Date: Sep 17, 2008 11:03

On Sep 16, 10:06 pm, John Harshman pacbell.net>
wrote:
> DAVID GREENE wrote:
>> "Hamady" gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>http://scienceislam.com/scientists_quran.php
>>> According to the theory of evolution, every living species has emerged
>>>from a predecessor. One species which existed previously turned into
>>> something else over time and all species have come into being in this
>>> way. According to the theory, this transformation proceeds gradually
>>> over millions of years.
>
>>> If this were the case, then innumerable intermediate species should
>>> have lived during the immense period of time when these
>>> transformations were supposedly occurring. For instance, there should
>>> have lived in the past some half-fish/half-reptile creatures which had
>>> acquired some reptilian traits in addition to the fish traits they
>>> already had.
>
>> Yup, found 'em already.  Saw 'em on Discovery Channel.
>
> We call them "amphibians", usually. It's a long way from fish to
> reptile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian

Amphibians (class Amphibia), such as frogs, toads, salamanders, newts,
and gymnophiona, are cold-blooded animals that metamorphose from a
juvenile, water-breathing form to an adult, air-breathing form.

Looks like it happens in one step, one generation, one lifetime.
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