Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I do not know-as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms. Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups.

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought.

What an odd time to be a fundamentalist about adaptation and natural selection - when each major subdiscipline of evolutionary biology has been discovering other mechanisms as adjuncts to selection's centrality.

Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I do not know-as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms. Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups.

Honorable errors do not count as failures in science, but as seeds for progress in the quintessential activity of correction.

The causes of life's history [cannot] resolve the riddle of life's meaning.

What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it.