Re:Survival of the Prettiest
by yongjik on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:28PM
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Every aspect of the theory of evolution is falsifiable. To falsify "Non-avian dinosaurs perished at the end of the Mesozoic Era", you just have to find a dinosaur fossil from a later era.
Of course, even if we found a perfectly preserved fossil of a T-Rex from two million years ago, it likely won't falsify the whole theory of evolution, because there are simply too many evidences for that. It would be like saying "We found evidences that George Washington did not in fact die in 1799! The whole theory of the American Revolution is now in question, and the Aliens-did-it theory should be considered as good as the mainstream version!"
Of course, even if we found a perfectly preserved fossil of a T-Rex from two million years ago, it likely won't falsify the whole theory of evolution, because there are simply too many evidences for that. It would be like saying "We found evidences that George Washington did not in fact die in 1799! The whole theory of the American Revolution is now in question, and the Aliens-did-it theory should be considered as good as the mainstream version!"