[js1138]

And the parts of evolution that creationists are usually busy attacking are the parts that have been recognized by scientists as inadequate for 75 years and long ago updated.

There is a preponderance on these threads of quotes from prior to 1980, and I would guess that 75% of all anti-evolution quotes date back to before 1925. I wonder how atomic energy woud fare if its science was judged by 1925 standards.

[RightWhale]

75% of all anti-evolution quotes date back to before 1925

That particular phylum had nearly disappeared from the evolutionary tree by then. What we see now is a new efflorescence growing out of a different base, a new verticil with the partial spectrum of things that crawl, swim, and fly. It remains to be seen if this efflorescence will develop fully or if it will an abbreviated branch.