Agreed on history, but I think Dataman did O.K. in this instance, as far as the quote being reasonably representative. See my 144 however for some missing context (which, however, Dataman would not be expected to know about).
Of course I knew about Patterson, and about this quote, which is why I told Dataman that claims of problems with identifying transitionals was not the same as denying their existence. As I noted in 144, Patterson's views are pretty unusual and extreme. His quote is as close as Dataman can get (without lying or distorting).