Zachriel says that “Darwin held that evolution would be frequently characterized by stasis.”  In support of this piece of blithering idiocy he quotes the following from Origin (4th ed): the periods during which species have undergone modification, though long as measured in years, have probably been short in comparison with the periods during which they retain the same form. I responded by placing Zach’s quote in context.  This is what Darwin actually said: On this doctrine of the extermination of an infinitude of connecting links, between the living and extinct inhabitants of the world, and at each successive period between the extinct and still older species, why is not every geological formation charged with such links? Why does not every … Continue reading Zachriel Goes Into Insane Denial Mode