Is Evolutionary Biology a "Soft" Science?

[AllenWitmerMiller (Semi-Expired Professor & Minister.)]

@colewd

How would he determine from the results that common descent failed as a hypothesis?

The answer can be determined by heeding @swamidass:

@swamidass

Have you tried to use the software there or tested it for your self?

Science isn’t just “working assumptions.” It is analytical and quantitative. See John Harshman: The Phylogeny of Crocodiles