Cannabis: God's Holy Sacrament or the Devil's Lettuce?
"For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaister, that restored them to health; but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things." Holy Bible , 1611 KJV, Wisdom of Solomon 16:12. Darwin's "Abominable Mystery" The ongoing challenge to Darwinian evolution posed by the abrupt appearance of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the fossil record, is known as Darwin's "abominable mystery". Charles Darwin coined the phrase "abominable mystery" in a letter to Joseph Hooker in 1879, referring to the sudden appearance and rapid diversification of flowering plants in the fossil record, which he found puzzling and difficult to explain within his theory of evolution. ¹ A 2024 study by Zuntini et al. in Nature , confirms a rapid diversification of angiosperms during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous period, with over 80% of modern angiosperm orders emerging in this period abruptly. ² This sudden burst, without clear precursors, contrad...