Tag: biogeography
Problem 9: Neo-Darwinism Struggles to Explain the Biogeographical Distribution of Many Species
One of the most severe biogeographical puzzles for Darwinian theory is the origin of South American monkeys, called “platyrrhines.”
Return of the Rafting Primates: New Tarsier-Like Fossil Poses “Problem” for Early Primate Evolution
How and when did some primates finally make it to Africa, which was an island until as recently as 16 million years ago, to set in motion the emergence of the human species?
The Case of the Mysterious Hoatzin: Biogeography Fails Neo-Darwinism Again
What’s the evidence that primates, rodents, and lizards crossed oceans on rafts?
Here’s a Nice Review of God and Evolution
“A tremendous job of educating readers on this historically, philosophically, and theologically complex subject.”
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Biogeographical Distribution
When the biogeographical data does not fit with the predictions and expectations of common descent, one always has “oceanic dispersal” at the ready to serve as an ad hoc fudge factor — including the rather remarkable claim that monkeys made it across the Atlantic from Africa to South America!