Evolution (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, July 20, 2009, 14:55 (5401 days ago) @ George Jelliss

I think you are misrepresenting "punctuated equilibria". I looked it up here:
 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium#Common_misconceptions
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> Quote: " It is therefore reasonable to conclude that if the limb size in our hypothetical population evolved in the most conservative manner, it need only increase at a rate of 0.005 cm per generation (= 50 cm/10,000), despite its abrupt appearance in the geological record."
 
> This is clearly the case with the changes observed in the whale ancestors. No radical surgery is involved! - 
This is your wishful thinking that evolution occurred in tiny steps. The concept of p-e was to explain the large jumps in the fossil record. There is not one fossil species that has ever shown a series of tiny steps. The entire Wiki 'explanation' you have presented to me is hypothetical and represents the opinion of the individual writer, not proof. - All we do know is that there are large jumps in the fossil record (read Gould), and that does not allow any proven conclusion. I have not misrepresented anything to you in the previous post. It was entirely logical.