Different in degree or kind: our hands (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 14:08 (3174 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: Modifications are still appearing, in the form of adaptations. It is innovations that are not appearing. We know from adaptations that the cell communities are able to make changes to themselves, which is the only clue we have as to how the process of innovation might work. Your original comment relates to the fact that currently we can't see the process in operation, and I merely pointed out that the same criticism applies to all the hypotheses. I trust you will drop that line of argument now. - Dropped. The minor modifications that appear now are not equal to the major jumps, punctuated equilibrium or saltations that have been the major contributors to evolution in the past. Those are still unexplained unless God is invoked.