Mike,
I dont recall reading any specific books on evolution but I have done some reading on the subject. However, at this point it is not my knowledge that is in question. You have made a flat statement, and I am simply asking you to substantiate it. Since there are many different species and the base assumption of evolution is that all life forms evolved from more primative life forms, then it must be true that at some point there was a half something.
A problem is a problem only as long as it has a possible solution. Lacking that, it becomes a FACT!