In a New Republic article, Coyne wrote that "we have many examples of transitional fossils between what anyone would consider different kinds: fish and amphibians (like Tiktaalik, which Nye mentioned), between amphibians and reptiles, between reptiles and mammals, between reptiles and birds, between land animals and whales, and of course, between early and modern humans, with early fossils showing intermediacy between the features of apelike ancestors and modern humans."
According to an article in The New Republic, Coyne noted that there are many transitional specimens between seemingly disparate groups: fish and amphibians (like Tiktaalik), amphibians and reptiles, reptiles and mammals, reptiles and birds, land animals and whales, and of course, early humans and modern humans.