Wikipedia 10K Redux

Reconstructed by Reagle from Starling archive; see blog post for context.

Theory_of_Evolution|Talk

Note, however, that the link contradicts the assertion of "numerous observed cases". The link states: "The literature on observed speciations events is not well organized. I found only a few papers that had an observation of a speciation event as the author's main point."


Note, this does not mean numerous cases have not been observed.


It means that what is surely the most momentous event in biology, the transformation of one species into another, was asserted as the "main point" in only a "few" papers, and was relegated to a lesser status in all other papers. In common usage, "few" does not mean "numerous". In science as it is commonly practiced, researchers do not downplay momentous observations.


The link lists _numerous_ cases.