Are these the cumulative outcome of the same processes that drive microevolution, or
does macroevolution have its own distinct processes and patterns?
Not exact matches
Father Oakes
does not see the issue involved in the distinction between micro «and
macroevolution.
Some experts
do not believe that major changes and the appearance of new forms (i.e.,
macroevolution) can be explained as the products of an accumulation of tiny mutations through natural selection of individual organisms (microevolution).
My faith honestly
does not hinge on whether or
macroevolution is proven to be false.
Michael Behe (in The Edge of Evolution) points out that there is abundant evidence for «microevolution» (smaller population change), but there is a boundary at which the evidence for microevolution stops and evidence for
macroevolution either doesn't exist, or any clues that
do exist are beset with problems so serious that explanatory attempts boil down to «just - so - stories.»
... I simply
do not understand, chemically, how
macroevolution could have happened.
The bigger point is that there are numerous scientists saying they agree evolutionary theory explains
macroevolution but those very same people
do not understand how.
On Professor Tour's Website, there's a very revealing article on evolution and creation, in which Tour bluntly states that he
does not understand how
macroevolution could have happened, from a chemical standpoint (all bold emphases below are mine — VJT):
...
Does anyone understand the chemical details behind
macroevolution?
As I said, he raises a point that I think science minded atheists would want to explore: Why
does he not understand
macroevolution?