So, the Vatican embraces Neo-Darwinism and rejects Intelligent Design. And reincarnation — the key to cracking the riddle of theodicy? Taboo, of course. Meanwhile, Neo-Darwinians continue their attempts to reverse-engineer nature’s handiwork, all while grappling with the unsettling possibility that their sacred Tree of Life is less a tree... and more a chaotic bush. Then there’s the enduring enigma of evolution’s “Big Bang”: the Cambrian Explosion — Darwin’s own dilemma. Prepare to feast your mind on all that (and then some) as we embark on a no-holds-barred review of what can only be described as a tour de farce.