"There is just one thing however . The coelacanths found are different from those in the fossil record . Further , ALL evidence pointed to them being extinct , until we found other evidence , and we changed it . And , to top it off , the article says NEARLY extinct , not COMPLETELY . Although , this article was of course written after the coelocanths were re-discovered . Of course , this has absolutely nothing to do with the theory of evolution , which explains the mechanisms responsible for the change of allele frequencies in populations over time ."
"They do not differ in any significant way . The living species today closely resemble the fossils . The prediction was made based on the mindset that everything evolved from a common ancestor over billions of years . Furthermore , it was based upon the fossil record , which is supposedly shows how everything evolved ."
"The coelacanths found are different from those in the fossil record"
"They do not differ in any significant way"