The Case of the Mysterious Hoatzin: Biogeography Fails Neo-Darwinism Again

In 2009, the National Center for Science Education's Eugenie Scott suggested that scientists should not admit when the evidence contradicts some evolutionary hypothesis, but should rather say that it "sheds new light on this part of evolution." Since then, I've kept an eye out for that and similar language.

For example, a recent article on Science Daily was titled "Across the Atlantic on Flotsam: New Fossil Findings Shed Light on the Origins of the Mysterious Bird Hoatzin." According ...