“Like a scientific “just so” story.”
Nah, like the chalkboard mathematical sequence with:
“A miracle happens” to enable the solution.
“A miracle happens”
Some evolutionists have realized this problem. They give it a fancy scientific name: “punctuated equilibrium”. They also call it the “hopeful monster” theory. Every so often a highly mutated creature is born that then changes the evolutionary course.
Never mind that whenever a highly mutated creature is born today it usually soon dies.