>Evolutionists are capable of using bad science and textbooks are infamous
>for not keeping up. If I were to write a book to support evolutionary
>theory, I would avoid all of the ICON in Jonathans book and refer to the
>fossil record etc.
My point is that many of Wells' Icons SHOULD be part of biology education.
Peppered moths and Darwin's finches are excellent examples of evolutionary
processes and the means by which we study them. Likewise the fossil record
is not an embarassment for evolution but a terrific evidential basis for
demonstrating common descent.
There are many textbook errors and the scientific community and publishers
need to do a better job of reviewing and correcting these errors. However,
only the case of Haeckle's embryos is an example of scientific fraud, and
should be included in textbooks only for historical value (illustrating
"recapitulation" and its subsequent demise and rejection). The others
remain important illustrations of that need updating and additional
explanation.
Keith
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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