When you guys start coming clean about Haeckel instead of denying reality, then maybe it won't come up so much. But interestingly, many of you just cannot admit the truth of Haeckel's forgeries, false claims, etc,...and so, imo, play a role in perpetuating myths.
In terms of the OP, there was a recent paper claiming that a certain gene expressed in the thymus was also expressed in gills, and that was passed on as strong evidence of "deep homology." I raised a lot of questions which I believe would need to be answered prior to the claim of deep homology, but inn typical fashion, evos were all over the paper.
Imo, this jumping to conclusions is endemic of evolutionism, and thus the claim of most papers being incorrect, when evos tend to tout unsubstantiated claims (like widely publicizing Pakicetus as aquatic or semi-aquatic before enough data was in), is an important consideration.
Perhaps if evos weren't publicizing wild claims on the cover of Science as they did with Pakicetus, it wouldn't be such a big deal.
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