The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe (pdf) - Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

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The following topics and questions should be addressed in Part 2. Due to many
other time-consuming tasks, however, I will probably come back to this topic
only in a few months:
1) Many Giraffidae species and genera appear in the fossil record practically
simultaneously and the assumed ancestors co-exist millions of years with their
"more evolved" offspring (illustration)
2) Using evolutionary assumptions, one can almost always postulate a line of
descent out of a large variety of forms.
3) Neck vertebrae: Why is it so difficult to count to eight, in the giraffe neck?
4) The question of causes (1): Macromutations – Possibilities and limitations
5) The question of causes (2): Further hypotheses on the origins of the longnecked
giraffe.
6) The question of causes (3): Is Intelligent Design verifiable and falsifiable?
7) Species concepts and basic types
8) With regard to a duplication of a neck vertebra: could there ever be a
continuous transitional series of fossils?
9) The question of chance
10) "Old" and entirely new research topics by the ID-theory.
11) Mitchell and Skinner
12) Conclusions
13) Acknowledgement
14) References
The German article was translated into English mainly by Granville Sewell, Professor of
Mathematics, the University of Texas at El Paso, yet the responsibility for any mistakes in words
and grammar and especially of the contents of the text rests entirely with W.-E.L..
As for Part 2 of the article of 2007/2010 (also translated by Granville Sewell) see
http://www.weloennig.de/GiraffaSecondPartEnglish.pdf
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