" We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged." - Dissent from Darwin

Natural selection [is used] carelessly as a mantra, as in the evidence-free “just-so stories” concocted out of thin air by mentally lazy adaptationists. (Stephen Jay Gould)

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. (Isaac newton)

Friday, February 16, 2007

How Sole's eye wandered

Richard Dawkins explains the flatfish's evolutionary history as:

"... bony fish as a rule have a marked tendency to be flattened in a vertical direction.... It was natural, therefore, that when the ancestors of [flatfish] took to the sea bottom, they should have lain on one side.... But this raised the problem that one eye was always looking down into the sand and was effectively useless. In evolution this problem was solved by the lower eye 'moving' round to the upper side."

Storyteller: Richard Dawkins in the Blind Watchmaker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatfish

Story Research: National Geographic Finds Opportunity to Conflate Intelligent Design with Creationism while Misreporting Fish Fossil

Flatfish Evolution revealed

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what's your explanation for the bizarre arrangement of the eyes on the flatfish, smarty-pants?

Anonymous said...

design...