Stories For Thinking Children by Harun Yahya - page 229

cal processes, in which case it is then called "amber." On
occasions in the past, this resin trapped insects, as it flowed
down the tree trunks. It then solidified, and the amber and
the insects inside it have been preserved without damage for
millions of years, right up until today. This helps us to learn
a lot about creatures that lived long ago. Such preserved
remains of one species or another are called fossils.
What Does "A Transitional Form" Fossil Mean?
The most important falsehood that evolutionists invent is
that of "transitional forms." In some evolutionist books, these
are sometimes called "intermediate transitional forms."
As you know, evolutionists claim that creatures evolve
from each other. They also maintain that the first creature
came about by chance. They would have us believe that
gradually that creature changed into another, and that other
creature turned into yet another, and so on. Evolutionists say
that fish, for example, are descended from a creature that re-
sembled a starfish. This means that one day, due to mutation,
a starfish lost one of its arms. Over the next millions of years
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