What Does Two Billion Years of "Extreme Evolutionary Stasis" in Bacteria Say About Evolution?

David Klinghoffer wrote earlier regarding that story making the rounds about deep-sea bacteria that seem not to have changed for some two billion years, yet are being cited as powerful evidence for Darwin's theory. As David notes, the ever-dutiful LA Times headlines its article, "By not evolving, deep sea microbes may prove Darwin right," while the Washington Post touts "The mysterious 2 billion-year-old creature that would make Darwin smile." Phys.org goes with a less polemical headline: "S...