If you have an interest, see post 43. Unless you are totally ignorant and terminally biased, Gould’s book will give you tons of facts that were developed from the hands on fossil record by the cream of the crop.
Most won’t read it because they fear being struck by lightening or worse, talked about at church.
Thanks, I read Gould's book years ago, though I think it got lost in my last move.
Science is all about facts & theories to explain them.
Rules for theories include: they must be based on facts, they must explain the facts and they must be verifiable, or "falsifiable" is the term.
But first and foremost, they must be natural explanations.
Our science-denier FRiends here wish us to understand that science "so-called" is all about myths, religion and pseudo-science.
Science "so called" is just another religion, they say, and therefore their religious claims should take precedence.
Of course, that's far from true, but it's where the real arguments here take place.
Thanks for your posts!