Now you're "wrong". What other answer did you expect?
ml/nj: "You also failed to address the chromosome problem I raised; your feeble reference to Adam and Eve notwithstanding."
"Feeble" being in the eyes of the beholder, sorry about that.
I think science has found plenty of other examples of chromosomes splitting apart or combining together in different species, but I've never read any solid explanations on how or why that can happen.
So in general I object to "God of the gaps" explanations, but in this particular case, it fits an interpretation of the Bible, and I like it.
You don't?
I think science has found plenty of other examples of chromosomes splitting apart or combining together in different species
You think.
Do you have any scientific training? I do. (BS Math, Physics RPI '68; MS Math RPI '71)
Once (pairs of) chromosomes split or combine in some animal, they are no longer biologically compatible with normal members of the species. Fruit flies are routinely bombarded with radiation to produce unusual chromosomatic conditions. When and if such occurs, the fruit flies are jetted around the world to find similar mates; and nothing happens.
I challenge you to find and link to any scientific paper that claims the contrary.
ML/NJ