(May 9, 2014 at 2:15 pm)Chuck Wrote:(May 9, 2014 at 2:07 pm)coldwx Wrote: Those quotes were used to rebut your assertion about what the article's point was. You stated, and put into quotes, "while cumulative micro-evolution alone is already sufficient in itself to cause macro-evolution, other factors also contributed to the actual path taken by macroevolution". I asked where in the article that was stated. You did not answer. I never argued for or against any position, I simply pointed out what I though was a pertinent article by a biochemist. I firmly believe the evidence of gradualism is sound, however there are differing viewpoints, not on macroevolution itself, but within the nuances that deserve attention. My argument with you was regarding what the article's point was.
I think the article's focuses on why microevolution by itself can not be used to fully explain the actual trajectory of macroevolution. But it does not explicitly deny, and the author most likely endorse, microevolution explaining why there is, and almost certainly must be, macroevolution in the real life conditions of earth.
Fair enough.