Comments for Coils of the Serpent Blog http://coilsoftheserpent.com/blog Pattern of Life in Documents of Antiquity Fri, 29 May 2009 19:37:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Macroevolution explained by hybridization by koolokamba http://coilsoftheserpent.com/blog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-125 koolokamba Fri, 29 May 2009 19:37:45 +0000 http://coilsoftheserpent.com/blog/?p=6#comment-125 Thanks for your positive comments about my book. I do think that the theory it presents is a better explanation of evolution than is the one offered by traditional neo-Darwinism. I also think that biology will only progress when biologists stop being so defensive and face the facts documented in the fossil record -- even if it means eating a little crow and admitting that the creationists, have been right about certain issues. What's needed is to construct explanations of available data in terms of known phenomena. Certainly, we biologists should not ignore or dismiss fossil data simply because it's inconsistent with the things we were taught in school. Anyway, thanks again! Gene McCarthy Ph.D. Genetics www.macroevolution.net Thanks for your positive comments about my book. I do think that the theory it presents is a better explanation of evolution than is the one offered by traditional neo-Darwinism. I also think that biology will only progress when biologists stop being so defensive and face the facts documented in the fossil record — even if it means eating a little crow and admitting that the creationists, have been right about certain issues. What’s needed is to construct explanations of available data in terms of known phenomena. Certainly, we biologists should not ignore or dismiss fossil data simply because it’s inconsistent with the things we were taught in school. Anyway, thanks again!

Gene McCarthy
Ph.D. Genetics
http://www.macroevolution.net

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