Haven’t read the article yet but...
I have always believed that evolution and natural selection are correct theories, but incomplete and apply to only a limited scope of biology, the remainder not yet explained. Think of Newton’s theories of physics. Correct within a limited scope (non-relativistic time and space; non quantum), but totally inadequate and WRONG when attempting to explain the latter realms. No idea what or who the “Einstein” of quantum evolution/creation will be, completing the picture, but I suspect God will be invoked in the explanation.
My sentiment too. I’m no biologist but from things I’ve read over the years...you can see environments where micro-evolution happens, limbs get longer, eyes adjusting to a changing environment, etc...but they all still have the same number of chromosomes. For macro-evolution you need changes in chromosomes - which is where the rub applies, reproduction is typically a genetic “correcting” process. Even if a genetic mutation resulted in a new (positive impact) chromosome you would require both a male and female with the same mutation, mating together, for it to become an entirely new species. At least that is my understanding, which puts the statistical probabilities at odds with the diversity we have, even given hundreds of millions of years.