[Cicero]

the York groundsel is a natural hybrid between the common groundsel and the Oxford ragwort

Charles Darwin would have been the first to say that this has nothing to do with his Theory of Evolution.

The Theory of Evolution posits the gradual transformation of one species into another owing to the "survival of the fittest." If the analysis is correct, this is an instance of a hybrid of two species that unusually proved to be fertile.

It actually accords better with Medieval science, which posited creatures such as the gryphon, a cross between an eagle and a lion, than with the Theory of Evolution. In itself, it neither proves nor disproves the T of E.

[Junior]

Nope. The theory of evolution deals with organisms changing over generations. Daughter species may arise from parent species through these changes, but the parent species may still exist -- one species does not evolve into another, but the other species does evolved from the first. There is a difference. And it may not happen gradually (in geological time); indeed rapid speciation may take part after particularly nasty environmental disasters.

[f.Christian]

Another nail in the coffin of God and the creationism hoax .. .. .. I'm beginning to wither // melt !

[Dataman]

Charles Darwin would have been the first to say that this has nothing to do with his Theory of Evolution.

You're right. A hybrid weed isn't exactly proof of evo any more than a mule is.

“At a time in Earth’s history when animal and plant species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate, the discovery of the origin of a new plant species in Britain calls for a celebration.” The creation of new species can takes thousands of years, making it too slow for science to detect.

The above statement is itself a problem for evolution: If species are dying out at an alarming rate (which was as true 200 years ago as it is now) and new ones take thousands of years, is this not evidence that things are devolving?

[HiTech RedNeck]

A hybrid. Not even the evos believe that is how most species evolved. If we get one new fertile hybrid in our day and that's evolution, shouldn't we also get dozens and dozens of new "conventionally evolved" species in our day, which is evolution too?