[1] In The Biological Time Bomb Taylor heralded the advent of artificial insemination, organ transplants, as well as research into memory and controlling moods.

[4] Taylor discussed his own evolutionary mechanism called "masking theory" which is the notion that blueprints for building phenotypes can be hidden for millions of years before suddenly being expressed by the species.

[6] The anthropologist H. James Birx in BioScience wrote that The Great Evolution Mystery is a "stimulating book and raises important questions and encourages future scientific inquiry.

"[7] The philosopher Michael Ruse stated that although he did not find Taylor's arguments convincing, he had collected a lot of information and used very good illustrations.

[8] The American novelist Cormac McCarthy read The Great Evolution Mystery and "seems to have taken an interest in the book and to have taken its premises seriously," having included some pointed critiques of Darwinist reasoning in the dialogue of his play The Stonemason.