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Pelican evolution? Not here. The earliest known pelican fossil, said to be 30 million years old, has been found in France, reported the BBC News. “What has surprised them most about this ancient pelican is that it is almost identical to modern species.” Other than slightly different proportions, there is nothing primitive about it. “The discovery has surprised the researchers, because it reveals just how little pelicans have evolved over huge expanses of time.” The article began to sound like a broken record about the lack of evolution: “That means that pelicans and their huge beaks have survived unchanged since the Oligocene epoch.” The discoverer said, ”It is so similar to modern pelicans, despite its 30 million years.”

Update 06/22/2010: Jeff Hecht reported on this fossil in New Scientist that it poses an “evolutionary puzzle.” He said it “raises interesting questions over why evolution has left the birds so little changed over such a long period.” Any hopes for solving this puzzle, however, evaporated within the article. After mentioning only one suggestion, Hecht said, “Louchart is not convinced that either of these hypotheses offers a complete explanation; he thinks something else may be involved but does not know what that might be.” No other possibilities were even mentioned. In fact, the puzzle grew deeper: “The find not only pushes back the origins of pelicans, but of related birds too.”