As for transitional fossil.
I did not refer to “transitional” stages .
I referred to fossils of animals “in flux” in the process of transition.
They should be there, Darwin stated they would be found.
They haven’t.
Now should fossils reveal animals that are extinct or various types that seem to have been different at some point in time.
I personally would be shocked if they didn’t.
a) The Torah makes clear that giants existed.
2) Prior to the flood there were the Benei Melachim.
3) There was the tachash (whatever it was)
5) Snakes changed after creation.
6) If Humans were the size the Torah says they were then animals could not have been the size they are today.
So I just listed 6 indicators that a fossils “record” would show animals we don’t have and I would assume that as humans “shrunk’ animals might have shrunk with them.
Now I could be wrong. I am not a mekubal and am not sufficiently versed in certain matters to be able to say things for certain.
The sole point remains that the fossil record “proves” common descent in ways that don’t exist if one knows Torah.