Still More Evidence for Evolution

Uche writes: "Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have uncovered the first genetic evidence that explains how large-scale alterations to body plans were accomplished during the early evolution of animals."

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Dear God

[beej]

Thank you, O Lord, for creating these wonderful genes which allow macroevolution to take place.

Sounds like a Makefile gene to me

[JamieF]

./configure --with-booklungs --with-antennae --no-fishybits \
--legs=6 --enable-experimental-wing-thingies
make critter
./critter -buz

You do live a sheltered life, don't you?

[leonbrooks]

The details might not be correct, but essentially, there is no known counter-evidence, and no reason to suggest it is incorrect.

Gentry's haloes are a good start; the absence of intermediate fossils launched Punctuated Equilibrium (which otherwise has no leg to stand on); simple maths shows that it's impossible anyway and the list of ``reasons to suggest it is incorrect'' rolls on towards the horizon.