Phylogenetic Charts are not Science

Evolutionary biologists love phylogenetic charts.  They show common descent.  It’s as if you put it in chart form it’s true.  The charts in this case are only a representation, in visual form, of theory.  In real science, charts show data.  Statistical confidence intervals.  Research outcomes.  Measurements between experimental and control groups.  Causal and correlational paths.  [...]

On the Evolution of Snake Fangs and Paul Myers (PZ that is)

Seems like I’ve heard something about serpents before, but I digress.  Yeah, he thinks his Christian name sucks.  Who can blame him, an atheist saddled with such a heritage.
PZ Myers has a new post on Panda’s Thumb about the evolution of snake fangs. It’s all just a bunch of “extrapolation,” and there is no [...]