[Antoninus]

His point, apparently, is that paleontologists aren't allowed to use source materials or their education to identify skull and bone samples. I think it's found under section 2, subsection b (iv) of the Paleontologist Rulebook -- which reads -- "With each find, a working paleontologist in the field must forget all prior knowledge and eschew all reference materials, make a wild-ass guess at what he's holding in his hand, and avoid at all costs any further examination of the find after a shower and a shave."

Uh, my belief is that the ToE offers the best explanation for speciation we currently have. Snide comments like this are exactly what makes me think that there may be more political/religious fervor behind the pro-Darwinian side of the argument than the young Earth Creationist side. And that's saying something!

[atlaw]

Sorry. That was pretty snide on my part. But it was also kind of tough to see the point.