Kermit wrote:

david ford wrote:

How many 'kinds' of cattle, birds, and beasts of the field are there
today?

For purposes of answering this question, a teacup poodle, wolf, and
Great Dane are all 1 (one) 'kind.'

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Evolutionary science does not expect greater variation from one
generation to the next than you see between any parent in church and
her kid. We started with one kind; now we have more. At no point would
we look at any parent-child and say "That's a different kind!"

"We started with one kind; now we have more."

What is the name of that starting kind?

What does it look like?

How did it get and utilize energy?

If we got in our time machine and took your picture, and one of your
great-grandpa ten generations back (about 200 years), and a couple
thousand more in succession, we would cover 400,000 years or so. Post
all those fotos on a wall, in order. Start with you and walk back. We'd
see the normal variation for picture to picture that we would imagine
between any two random members of a tribe. Now and then we might see
some ethnic changes as we move back in pre-history. Your ancestors
would be dark-skinned Africans about 200 pictures back. Before the time
we got to the end of the line we'd see a distinct difference - these
folks aren't exactly human anymore; at least, not like you see in
church or the mall.

Every generation - after their kind.

"Post all those fotos on a wall, in order."

Is there a fossil record recording of a similar succession?

If yes: URL to photos of the members of that succession?