Is it no wonder that taxonomy - at least morphological taxonomy - is in decline when molecular theorists and even morphologists can get away with dismissing a contradictory morphologically based theory of relationship as "preposterous nonsense" and "loopy" because it does not agree with molecular similarity. See: Could the orang-utan be our closest relative? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227133.800-could-the-orangutan-b e-our-closest-relative.html?full=true John Grehan Dr. John R. Grehan Director of Science Buffalo Museum of Science1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211-1193 email: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Phone: (716) 896-5200 ext 372 Panbiogeography http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/evolutionary-biography <http://www.sciencebuff.org/biogeography_and_evolutionary_biology.php> Ghost moth research http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/ghost-moths <http://www.sciencebuff.org/systematics_and_evolution_of_hepialdiae.php> Human evolution and the great apes http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/human-origins