Are transitional fossils evidence for evolution? (CT Scan, Episode 91)

Transitional fossils supposedly represent animals in some intermediate stage of evolution—for example, between fish and land creatures, dinosaurs and birds, or ape-like ancestors and humans. Museums and textbooks cite various “transitional” fossils as rock-solid evidence for evolution. Here’s how to think through any such claim with the 7 Checks of Critical Thinking.
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DIGGING DEEPER
🔹 Menton, D. (2010) Is Tiktaalik Evolution’s Greatest Missing Link? https://answersingenesis.org/missing-links/is-tiktaalik-evolutions-greatest-missing-link/ (From The New Answers Book 3, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/new-answers-book-3/)
🔹 Mitchel, E. (2013) Did Archaeopteryx Evolve Flight and Then Get Grounded? https://answersingenesis.org/extinct-animals/did-archaeopteryx-evolve-flight-and-then-get-grounded/
🔹 Menton, D. (2008) Did Humans Really Evolve from Apelike Creatures? https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/ape-man/did-humans-really-evolve-from-apelike-creatures/ (From The New Answers Book 2, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/new-answers-book-2/)
🔹 Menton, D. (2013) Fossil Record Evolution: Any Transitional Forms? https://answersingenesis.org/environmental-science/transitional-forms-in-fossil-record/ (From The New Answers Book 4, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/new-answers-book-4/)
🔹 All articles about Lucy at AnswersinGenesis.org: https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/lucy/
🔹 All transitional fossil articles at AnswersinGenesis.org: https://answersingenesis.org/fossils/transitional-fossils/

Articles about other underlying assumptions:
🔹 Natural selection: https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/
🔹 Mutation: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/
🔹 Information theory: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/information-theory/
🔹 Millions of years: https://answersingenesis.org/theory-of-evolution/millions-of-years/
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CITED REFERENCES
Agnolin, Federico L., et al. "Paravian phylogeny and the dinosaur-bird transition: an overview." Frontiers in Earth Science 6 (2019): 252.
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