More Denton: unlikely transitions (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, April 20, 2015, 22:11 (3505 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: The basic problem is that there are no transitional fossils. Darwin thought/hoped the gaps would be filled eventually by new discoveries. No luck in the last 150 years.....I have suggested an alternative: that innovation, which has never been observed, may have been the product of the same autonomous mechanism within cells/cell communities that organizes their adaptation. The origin of the mechanism is a separate subject. -And of course, I have the same response: If the gaps are so large then the inventive-ness had to be massive, because we don't see itty-bitty advances along the way. It requires massive planning to create those jumps. I don't see how an on-board IM can do it without guidance.