[keithtoo]

"...that different brain regions in mammals enlarged all together during mammalian evolution, not in piecemeal fashion related to specific functions."

As always, words like "arose suddenly in substantially its present form", or "evolved rapidly with few if any intermediate stages".

More of the Punctuated Equilibrium or Hopeful Monster nonsense.

Evolutionary Biology has all of the meaning of a beer-induced dorm bull session.

[buffyt]

My son said it all. He said if there ever was any such thing as evolution, we would all have evolved into the same thing, there would no longer be any other animal forms, just humans. I think he is right. I don't discount that God is able to evolve or mutate us. I just believe that HE is capable of creating us in HIS own image. I have no problem believing in the miracle of creation of life after giving birth to three children. (who are now 18, 19, and 21 - my precious blessings in life!)

Question: what is the most important gift any father can give to his children?
To love their mother!

[VadeRetro]

Richard Goldsmith's "Hopeful Monster" theory is a dead letter. Punk eek does not postulate the kind of massive mutational leaps which Goldsmith relied on. It's a Darwinian scenario. If changes come fast, it's because populations are small when they're under intense selection pressure.

The article only points out that one region of the brain did not likely get way out in front of the others in the march to bigger brains. The regions coevolved because the species has to stay fit, after all. The different brain areas are mutually dependent.