In grad school (mathematical biology / evolutionary genetics / adaptive speciation) we would refer to articles like this as filled with "just so stories" [0].

In grad school (mathematical biology / evolutionary genetics / adaptive speciation) we would refer to articles like this as filled with "just so stories" [0]. The descriptions aren't really based on experimental results, or really strongly evidential; they're stories that happen to explain some of the evidence. [0] this relates to Kipling -- stories like "How the camel got its hump". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_So_Stories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_So_Stories