Talk:Cryptozoology

I would like to add:

The credibility of Darwin's philosophy of universal (or unlimited)
common ancestry requires many living things to have lived in the distant
past; "ancient" creatures must, for the most part, differ from living ones
to make believable all the many forms which would have had to have been
the progenitors of all presently living forms.

Dinosaurs and pterosaurs seemed to satisfy the Darwinist demands for "ancient"
creatures that differed greatly from present life forms. For over 150 years,
almost all expeditions to find evidences for dinosaurs and pterosaurs have
been for uncovering standard fossils, not "living fossils." Only a tiny fraction
of funding has gone to searches for living dinosaurs and pterosaurs. This has
delayed officially recognized discoveries of previously unconfirmed creatures
(labeled "cryptids.") that might be living dinosaurs and pterosaurs.