Quote:So what is it: rigorous adherence to proven fact or using your imagination? You have to pick one!


To say that short term changes in allele frequency or the manifestation of dominant traits within a pre-existing gene pool directly and seamlessly extrapolate to radical mutation and the creation of new traits is disingenuous at best and an affront to what we now know about the complexity of genetic structure (as opposed to someone in the mid 19th century.)


In short, a given population of bacteria exposed to an external chemical may cause the selection of the bacteria with thicker cell walls to become more dominant, its the part where they grow legs and walk out of the test tubes that's lacking.

Maybe you should teach the greatest minds in the world your most diligently researched findings. Because I'm sure you have citations for your assertions.


It's really not hard to extrapolate the data based on millions of years. Some people don't seem to grasp the time frames we are talking about that allows the slow process of evolution that brings on multiple branches in the kingdoms.

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