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Actually, an own goal. The Moroz article completely disagrees with you. Pigliucci would disagree, as you've spotted, and the link to the other guy, a journalist FFS!!!!, doesn't work An opinion, like your claim on another thread that genetics doesn't explain increases in information, that certainly wasn't formed based on any knowledge of biology, was it? Another own goal, in a way, because Darwin's theory is certainly useful in engineering. Variation and selection has found optimum results for aeroplane bodies and antennae.* *Click pic. to enlarge.Evolved antenna - Wikipedia

What's the mechanism that limits change? How many new alleles can reach fixation in a population before this kicks in?When did the cats start to diverge from a common ancestor? Why can't you get a cat and a linsang from a common ancestor?

That's pretty much Darwin. Fine tuning by variation and selection (trial and error) until you've fined tuned into new species.You haven't told me at what point change stops. What is the limit to the number of changes that can go to fixation across a population group by mutation, natural selection and drift, and what is the mechanism that halts change?You could try asking Douglas Axe, couldn't you?You like talking about giraffes, so how would you explain the genetic differences between the 7 existing sub-species without doing so in the light of evolution? Were there 14 giraffes on the Ark?

But how many are on the Ark? If it's ~4,500 yrs ago, then the genetics tell you that there would have been ~14 giraffes on the Ark. (They have diverged too far to descend from one pair). And what about the Samotherium? There would also have to be loads of equids on the Ark.And once again, what is the mechanism that stops populations of organisms changing over time into new species (kinds)?Edited by bluegenes, : fixed link

That difference could be achieved by ~40 deletions on the chimp lineage; 40 mutations, one every 150,000yrs. or so. If one deletion can be micro, how many does it take to get macro?What about the differences on the most divergent human Y-chromosomes in the 180 generations since Noah? There will be a lot more than 40 mutations involved, so micro or macro?

What problem? Hundreds? On the Y chromosome? And why would the genes being "surplus" in chimps mean they were "surplus" in the common ancestor? And where does "macroevolution" come in"? With one deletion? Ten? Perhaps they were sufficiently advantageous to the common ancestor for them to be retained, but not for the chimps. And "loss of information" is common in evolution, as is gain. We don't have gills and scales; birds don't have teeth.On the subject of micro and macro in relationship to human/chimp differences, Taq has just started a thread on the subject here. Message 1.If you'd care to support your view that evolutionary processes are inadequate for increasing information in the life system, I've started an information thread here. Message 1