Momanohedhunter
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Gotta side with Allie on this one.
Kelp to trees isn't just a subtle change, that's a vast alteration.
the first thing on land was algea.
while it's still a stretch for me to buy the lighting - amino acids - single cell - plants and animals bit. (yes, I know, it's mashed down and delutid)
I can see a seed from a sea plant getting stuck on land and changing to fix living off rocks and limited water (compared to submerged). I just can't see what would cause algea to sprout branches.
meh, maybe science can explain it later, using small words and pictures.![]()
I was not suggesting kelp was THE missing link. It is just similar to the shape and function of a tree. It is evidence for that pattern having been established. We have been over the rudiments of cells with different characteristics being assimilated by other plants and organisms making them adapt and compete more effectively with other similar less evolved plants and organisms. These adaptions were critical to survival as the environment changed from biological and non biological forces.
I got that you didn't mean kelp turned into trees. I'm not that dense.
Even with cometition, changes in the land scape, etc, etc. It doesn't make enough sense that algea would grow into trees, and there be more than one kind of tree side by side.
I know we are unlikely to get fossils and dna, since most of those plants become coal that would be used to keep us warm and fuel humanties expansion.
Another coincedence, I'm sure.
you have to admit though, its pretty damn cool aint it ?