“Systematist and reptile expert Olivier Rieppel stated that a big “problem for an evolutionary biologist is to explain these transformations in the context of a gradualistic process.” Rieppel concludes that turtles could not have evolved by any gradual process, so they must be an example of ‘hopeful monsters’, a result of major mutations that cause very rapid evolution called punctuated equilibrium.”
Read this AMAZING article here: https://creation.com/pappochelys-turtle-evolution
Picture from: https://pixabay.com/vectors/cartoon-green-sea-turtle-2027744/ and https://pixabay.com/vectors/dino-dragon-dinosaur-animal-2026962/ accessed 1/6/23.
