Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

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The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Source
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Fossil Friday: Rapid Elongation of Plesiosaur Necks Points to Intelligent Design

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The breaking of the conserved number of cervical vertebrae is hard to reconcile with an unguided evolutionary mechanism. Source
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