Not all dolphins have nubs. What theorists have long speculated is that dolphins evolved from land mammals because the placing of bones in that lower tail region looked accommodating for leg/fin bones. Some dolphins captured in the past have been noted to have what you described as nubs, but this is only an extreme minority. This dolphin had the full formed legs/fins, and pretty much looks down previously held theories of dolphin evolution. Of course I know from readin "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" that dolphins are really aliens trying to warn us of the impending destruction of our planet by the Vogons to build an intersteller highway. Also this dolphin wasn't caught by researchers as you originally indicated. He was tangled in some fisherman's net and is probably damned lucky he didn't end up as chicken of the sea. Bee-cows probably are quite tasty, but bugalo is the tasty meat treat of the 31st century. (Futurama reference.)
Humans did NOT come from monkeys! Nor did they come from apes, although humans are on the ape branch of the tree. Humans and apes both evolved from a common ancestor that was neither modern man, nor modern ape. It was an ape-like hominid that had characteristics common to both humans and apes. Monkeys had branched off of the primate tree far earlier.
Human evolution is getting so confusing nowadays. It seems a new hominid species is discovered on an annual basis. I think we have so many extinct hominids and pongnids that lived and died out that scientist are having a difficult time differentiating between which were true ancestors and which were evolutionary dead ends.
If you are a creationist, then just forget it, breaux. There is no proof that will ever be sufficient to you. You are doomed to be a slave to hebrew mythology. If you have an open mind, Google on human evolution and there are several good overview websites plus many hundreds of scientific papers and conference proceedings. Fossil Hominids Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3-D Human Evolution: A Look at Our Ancestors Hall of Skulls If you are truly interested in the subject, I can recommend the following popular books by some of the best experts in the field: Origins Reconsidered: Unearthing our Family Tree, by Richard Leakey Lucy: The Beginings of Humankind, by Donald Johanson Human Origins: The Fossil record, by Clark Larsen Dawn of Man:The story of Human Evolution, by Robin McKie Ancestors: The Search for Human Origins ,by Donald Johanson The Origin of Humankind, by Richard Leakey Human Oddysey: Four Million YEars of Human Evolution, by Ian Tattersall
Me? A creationist? Nahh... I believe in evolution, just don't know all that much about it I suppose. I'll read up on it some and see what I think.
Details.. details... All this talk is giving me a hankering' for some dolphin nub soup with a side of Bee Cow liver.
