Quote:The above is so much post modern gobble de gook, that it's hard to even begin to try and to make sense of...


You speak in terms of evolutionary science, but the understanding is lacking.


Mutations are not the only catalyst. Mapping genes and understanding how certain genes express traits is great for 2 species that are not extinct. Doesn't really work at the fossil level of extinct species, now does it?


You realize the fossil record has been used in several situations to confirm evolutionary theory. You should read up on arborreal monkeys and the drastic increase in primate brain capacity.


But I'm sure you can regurgitate some more information that you don't have a grasp on. Continue, it makes me smile.

 

Well gosh anchor *blushes* Im glad i make you smile.  

 

1.) I was on my phone earlier so forgive me for not achieving Dickens.  

 

2.) the fact that you want to be taken seriously when you use terms like gobble de gook makes me smile too!

 

3,) You're right in certain instances its hard to find full genetic blue prints to fully prove or disprove genetic lineage, at the same time i fundamentally disagree that LOOKS SIMILAR ENOUGH TO ME is a good enough measure to fully prove a theory.  I went out to the Junk yard today and a 99 Mazda Protege sure looks like a 99 Ford Ranger.  But that doesn't inherently mean that mommy and daddy had special time.  

 

4.) Mutations are the primary theorized catalyst for new traits and according to the modern theory of punctuated equilibrium (short periods of rapid mutation) its proposed to be a lot more violent than the gentle bed time story of general millenia long natural selection one small deviation at a time.  That's to account for the gaps in the fossil record that you have been reading up on so much.

 

5.) I looked in the mirror this morning and I told myself i was pretty, is that kind of like an evolutionist naming a new species because a tail bone was misshapen? 

 

 

6.) in the contemporary, examples of traits emerging that facilitate reproductive isolation are dubious at best.  

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