The Current Status of Ewert's Dependency Graph of Life

Your explanations tend to be gibberish, and that’s also true in the present case. You are of course free to try again.

Then what did it say that makes any sort of point for you?

You first. Support a claim.

I’m willing to defer to theologians on that point. Not my field, really.

First, you will have to show that the studies you have cited say anything relevant to your claims.

Sorry, but no. We can explore the current world a lot better than we can explore the past. Here’s a factoid for you: 50% of all dinosaur genera (not species, note) are known from a single specimen only. Think about what that implies for the number of genera for which we haven’t yet found that specimen. The fossils we have access to are a tiny proportion of the fossils that were preserved. Consider all the cubic miles of fossiliferous strata that have eroded away and have been lost. Consider all the cubic miles of fossiliferous strata that are not exposed on the surface and are therefore unavailable to be examined. And consider that depositional environments are only a small proportion of the earth’s surface at any time, and anything that dies elsewhere will be lost. Finally, consider that many species have low intrinsic preservation potential; in fact there are entire phyla with no fossil record at all.

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