And I can very well believe she does talk about it that much. I can't count the times I've come across some discourse on some biological subject that can stand perfectly well independent of evolution and come across one or more gratuitous statements to the effect "...which evolved the XXX feature whose function is under discussion..." right in the middle of it. It's almost like the Darwinian equivalent of "Hail Mary full of grace."
Evolution is the cental tenet of biology. Get used to it.
"I can't count the times I've come across some discourse on some biological subject that can stand perfectly well independent of evolution and come across one or more gratuitous statements to the effect "...which evolved the XXX feature whose function is under discussion..." right in the middle of it. It's almost like the Darwinian equivalent of 'Hail Mary full of grace.'"
Well said. Extremely well said. That has been my observation also. Many times I think print is wasted on token speculation on how something "came to be" rather than on how it functions. Which, in my opinion, is the more important issue...usually.