Taxacom: supposed evidence of Pacific ignuana dispersal

[Geoff Read]

Thanks John,

I enjoyed the creationist presentation.  Nice cartoons of happy iguana rafting.
At the bottom is a comment from someone that "we point out that the Flood would have created vast islands of flotsam on which they could survive such trips". Indeed so.

They had a link to the original Berkeley press release and it has the multi-pathway graphic that people who haven't seen the article might find interesting and useful.
Also they mention there is Dipsosaurus iguana species on Catalina island off California.  Dipsosaurus catalinensis. So the genus has some aquatic connection. Wonder why that wasn't tested (if it wasn't)

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Geoff
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Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
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(I've cut off the peer review comments which I think went only to John)

>---- Original Message ----
>From: John Grehan via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
>To: 
>Cc: "Taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
>Sent: Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 4:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Taxacom: supposed evidence of Pacific ignuana dispersal
>
>Interesting critical comment from a Creationist site:
>
>Isn?t evolution wonderful? Give it plenty of time, and stuff happens. It
>must be true. PNAS published it with peer review. Peer review guarantees
>the truth of this ?extraordinary oceanic dispersal event? that must have
>happened because a species of swimming iguana was once observed going 1/25
>that distance between islands in the same chain. That and comparative
>genomics led them to this as the best of ?hypothesized biogeographic
>scenarios.? The main reason, though, is the requirement to believe in
>evolution and deep time. ?Oceanic islands have played a pivotal role in the
>development of biogeographic and evolutionary theory,? the authors say.
>
>The Crazy Rafting Iguanas ? CEH
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