[betty boop]

In the end, the true value of evolutionary biology is not practical but explanatory. It answers, in the most exquisitely simple and parsimonious way, the age-old question: “How did we get here?” It gives us our family history writ large, connecting us with every other species, living or extinct, on Earth. It shows how everything from frogs to fleas got here via a few easily grasped biological processes. And that, after all, is quite an accomplishment.

In philosophy, there is a technical word for this sort of operation: MYTH. I've got nothing against myth, mind you. But myth has nothing to do with science or the scientific method.

Thanks for the ping, Editor-Surveyor! I was really tickled by your analogy of African genocide to bacterial evolution! :^)

[Quix]

Much agree as usual.

Thanks.

[YHAOS]

"It shows how everything from frogs to fleas got here via a few easily grasped biological processes."

My cousin, the rock.

[Alamo-Girl]

In philosophy, there is a technical word for this sort of operation: MYTH. I've got nothing against myth, mind you. But myth has nothing to do with science or the scientific method.

So very true. Thank you for your insights!