The Idea of an Essay, Volume 2

92 and the large Samotherium sp. exhibited elongated necks relative to their total vertebral column” (p. 9). Initially, this seems like logical evidence which supports the Evolutionists argument; however, there are a few problems that arise from this statement. The two fossils found exhibiting the giraffe could have very well been other cloven- hoofed animal species with short necks such as cattle or deer. In fact, Evolutionists claim the two fossils of the giraffe containing a short neck and short legs both lived on the earth at the same time (12-15 million years ago) as the giraffid with the long legs but unelongated neck. Because they existed simultaneously, one did not evolve into the other. This presents an obvious challenge to the Evolutionist’s theory. The giraffid showing similar characteristics to the okapi very well could have been another animal or an okapi itself. There is no evidence it was an intermediate species. Evolutionist’s lack the evidence to prove that the fossils they have found were in fact ancestors of the giraffe. The fossils discovered could have easily been any cloven-hoofed mammal, or even the fossil of a cow. Another problem with the Evolutionists’ view is the complete lack of intermediate fossils exhibiting the evolving giraffes that must have existed between the short-necked and long-necked giraffes. Even the Evolutionists believe the fossil recorded was too scattered to prove one hypothesis for their own theories. Simmons and Altwegg (2010) conclude: “At present, the fossil record is too patchy to support one hypothesis over the other” (p. 9). The problem with the “sex for necks” hypothesis is that the fossil record should show evidence of a gradually increasing neck length in males over time. The problem with the “competing browser” hypothesis is that the leg length should have increased simultaneously with the neck length, however, the fossil record has presented no evidence of this. There are no fossils displaying these “missing link” giraffes which make up the core foundation of this hypothesis. As Simmons and Altwegg (2010) citing Mitchell and Skinner (2003), and Badlangana et al. (2009) said, one fossil shows short legs and a short neck, and one fossil shows long legs and a long neck. Even the Evolutionists admit the fossil record is too scattered to prove the hypotheses. Creationist Dr. Carl Wieland, a surgeon and former atheist, is the founder of the Creation Science Association in Australia. According to Anderson and Wieland (2007), the fossil record shows no evidence of the short-necked giraffe. Short-necked quadruped (four-legged) fossils