Macro-evolution occurs in nature

Evidence of macro-evolution: fossil evidence:The totality of fossilized artifacts and their placement within the earth's rock strata. It provides information about the history of life on earth, for instance what the organisms look like, where and when they live, how they evolved, etc. It is possible to find out how a particular group of organisms evolved by arranging its fossil records in a chronological sequence. Such a sequence can be determined because fossils are mainly found in sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rock is formed by layers of silt or mud on top of each other; thus, the resulting rock contains a series of horizontal layers, or strata. Each layer contains fossils which are typical for a specific time period during which they were made. The lowest strata contain the oldest rock and the earliest fossils, while the highest strata contain the youngest rock and more recent fossils. Here I will show transitional fossils from dinosaurs to birds. Pedopenna 168-140 mya Anchiornis 155 mya Archaeopteryx 150-145 mya Confuciusornis 120 mya Eoalulavis 115 mya Ichthyornis 93.5-75 mya Here are also some transitional fossils from amphibians to reptiles. Westlothiana 350 mya Proterogyrinus 326-318 mya Solenodonsaurus 320-305 mya Hylonomus 315 mya Paleothyris 312-304 mya Now that I have shown transitional fossils I can explain vestigial structures. Vestigial Structures: A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution. The existence of vestigial organs can be explained in terms of changes in the environment or modes of life of the species. As an organisms environment changes, so some anatomical structures, through evolution, either lose all functionality or serve some new purpose. Examples: the human appendix male nippples sexual organs in dandelions wisdom teeth The Blind Fish- Astyanax Mexicanus the coccyx hind leg bones in whales wings on flightless birds hind wings in flies leaves of parasitic plants Evidence of natural selection in the lab The development and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, like the spread of pesticide resistant forms of plants and insects is evidence for evolution of species, and of change within species. Thus the appearance of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and the danger it poses to hospital patients is a direct result of evolution through natural selection. The rise of Shigella strains resistant to the synthetic antibiotic class of sulfonamides also demonstrates the generation of new information as an evolutionary process. [73] Similarly, the appearance of DDT resistance in various forms of Anopheles mosquitoes, and the appearance of myxomatosis resistance in breeding rabbit populations in Australia, are all evidence of the existence of evolution in situations of evolutionary selection pressure in species in which generations occur rapidly. I will now allow my opponent to refute my arguments and post his own. . http://en.wiktionary.org...... . http://www.livescience.com...... . http://en.wikipedia.org...... . http://www.biology-online.org...... . http://en.wikipedia.org...... . http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au...... . http://www.str.org......