On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:58:40AM -0800, Damien Sullivan wrote: > > of the evolutionary findings, has been blown out of the water when it was > > discovered that Eohippus is not extinct at all, nor the ancestor of our > > horses, but it alive and well in the brushlands of Africa. > I have no opinion on whether the okapi really is so similar to Eohippus, as > some creationist websites claim (I just googled for 'Eohippus Africa'.) > Others seem to mention the hyrax instead, which seems like a jump. But Looks like I misinterpreted. The websites were saying Hipparion, a later species, looks like the okapi, usually considered a relative of the giraffe. They also claimed Eohippus or Hyracotherium was the modern hyrax (South America, not Africa) which looks like a rabbit. As for that claim... http://members.cox.net/ardipithecus/evol/lies/lie015.html with nice pictures of the skulls of Eohippus and the hyrax. They don't really look alike. also http://members.cox.net/ardipithecus/evol/lies/lie016.html -xx- Damien X-)