"seems to me , dmcg, that you misrepresent what I say, but maybe I am unclear."

Maybe??!! Surely you must have won prizes for 'fuzziness', pete? Whatever the deficiencies in my education, at least I can string a (reasonably) coherent sentence together!

"I do remember though, that he [Darwin] was a whole lot less definite than this mudcat crowd about it, admitting that his theory could be otherwise interpreted."

Do I really need to point out to you, pete, that 'Origin' was first published in 1859? Evolutionary biology has inevitably moved on since then. 'Origin' is a scientific text - not some unchangeable monolith like the Bible - you silly twonk!

And what do you mean by: "however, he falsely extrapolated pond scum to people evolution"? Do you mean that you disagree with him? Your disagreement is not sufficient grounds for accusing Darwin of false extrapolation ... you silly twonk!