Nice, one of the authors, Jim Smith, is my Molecular Evolution instructor. If I go on for my PhD (which looks likely), I might ask him to be on my committee.
Obviously, this won't be very convincing to a creationist. In fact, I don't see how it really addresses the evolutionary linkage between different "kinds" of critters at all. However, I don't think that convincing anyone that "evolution is true" is much of an objective any more; the better objective is just understanding how complex and interdependent life on this planet is, which this is a great example of.
HBD
Whoever calls me ignorant shares my own opinion. Sorrowfully and tacitly I recognize my ignorance, when I consider how much I lack of what my mind in its craving for knowledge is sighing for... I console myself with the consideration that this belongs to our common nature. - Francesco Petrarca
"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.
Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.
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