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Spiritually speaking, if Coelacanths lived 375 million years ago, why are there still Coelacanths?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I don't think the answer to your question is pro or con for evolution.

    If you are arguing in favor of evolution, why didn't coelacanths evolve into something else.

    If you are arguing in favor of creationism, then why don't dinosaurs of one kind or another still exist? If they were all created by God in 6 days, so why aren't more of them still around?

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    specific, besides the shown fact that Tyrannosauridae (the kinfolk of which Tyrannosaurus Rex became into one member) have been around for longer. Fish: It became into between sixty 8 and sixty 5 million years in the past. The inhabitants survived for 3 million years. as an instance, you in all danger have been alive in the process the era between 1990 and 2008 (if not extra). Does that mean that we will no longer wisely choose your age interior 18 years? No. It potential you have been alive in the process all of those years. this is the comparable with the inhabitants of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Okay, I don't know if anyone's ever explained this to, but it's not the same Coelacanth.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Modern fish are descended from ancient fish. Large evolutionary changes only occur when populations suffer environmental attrition.

    This is why there are species such as silverfish, cockroaches, and alligators, which have remained very much the same for hundreds of millions of years.

  • 1 decade ago

    Simple. They managed to survive and adapt to their new environment.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because they were, and are, highly successful in their little niche.

    Evolution retires failures and rewards successes. That's how it works. (unconsciously, of course).

    And speciazation made that possible.

  • 1 decade ago

    They were not as inspired as the finches....Evolution has evolved its evolving.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The age given is wrong, try 6,000 years and you will be a lot closer.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because they are tenacious.

  • 1 decade ago

    they have very long lives?

    -eaglemyrick

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