Expert: Walter Hintz - 4/5/2007

Question
QUESTION: My friends grandmother used to have a pet donkey or mule (I cant remember which one) in a little stable in her back yard.Anyway,he showed me where it had two small round holes (about an inch to an inch and a half deep and about as big around as a quarter) on top of its head (in its skull) where the horns would normaly be on a goat,deer,cow,ect.Since donkeys dont have horns and a mule is just a donkey crossed/interbred with a horse and horses dont have horns either why would either one of them have vestigial
horn holes?I believe that this is scientific evidence proving the theory of evolution to be a scientific fact or at least proving that one species can give rise to and/or evolve into another entirely different species.
For the record I would like to officialy propose my hypothesis (make my claim) to the scientific community.
Thank you.
ANSWER: Hi Brad;
 I was unaware that such holes existed in the heads of mules. Vestigial organs are considered as evidence of evolution however I doubt that such holes have anything to do with the evolution of the Genus Equus.  Horses have evolved from a small mammal called Eohippus.  Fossil evidence confirms this.

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QUESTION:  If the fossil record shows that without a doubt the Genus Equus (horses) evolved from the Eohippus then the theory of evolution has already been confirmed to be a scientific fact,no? If this is so why does the debate continue over whether or not the theory of evolution is true or not? The missing transitional species?
ANSWER: Eohippus is considered as evidence of evolution along with other fossil records. The debate continues because to some evolution contradicts Biblical accounts of the origins of species.  A fact is only a fact when it can be proven false (tested) Evolution can be tested.  Spontaneous creation cannot be proven false. There is no such thing as a missing link.  Evolution is a slow transitional process.  It does not jump from one form to another.
Denying evolution is like denying that gravity exists.
Some people who deny evolution also believe the Earth is only 10000 years old and that people and dinosaurs were around together

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QUESTION:   Can ANY species be PROVEN to have evolved from or be directly desended from another previous or existing species?  Like the marine iguana,fligtless cormeran and the other distinct species that are found on the galopagos islands and are found nowhere else in the world that have corosponding almost identical species living on the shores of the continents closest to the islands that theoreticaly flew from these places, got stranded on the galopagos islands,found no natural predators and survived and evolved into the distinct species found on the islands today, can any of these species be proven via DNA,ect to have evolved from or be directly desended from their corospnding counterpart living elsewhere? Just one 100% scientificaly proven case would end the evolution debate once and for all.
Peace.

Answer
I am afraid Brad that you are not aware of the nature of the creation-evolution debate.  There are those, who despite all evidences of evolution, will absolutely not accept it because it contradicts the Bible.  Reason makes no difference.  Anybody who believes that a man built a boat and loaded it with two of every kind of living creature is beyond reason.
 You refer to the Galapagos animals.  A direct link between the Galapagos lizards and the green iguana of north and central America can be established.  It is thought that a piece on land from panama broke free during a storm and green iguanas were "rafted" to the Galapagos Islands.  Isolation is known to be involved in speciation.
We see evolution occurring all the time with the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Look for a Book called "The Beak of the Finch" which describes the Evolution of a new species of Darwin's finches.
 My point is, Brad, is that it makes no matter how much evidence is presented the debate will never end.