Month: December 2014
Newly Discovered Convergent Genetic Evolution Between Bird and Human Vocalization Poses a Severe Challenge to Common Ancestry
Everyone is familiar with the striking ability of certain birds (such as parrots) to vocalize speech, much as humans do.
Thinking Differently About Biology
Sentences that convey different ideas may have similar structures, but when we write a sentence we start with the idea, not the sentence structure.
Your Computer Doesn’t Like You
Intelligence, as denoted in "artificial intelligence," corresponds roughly to what Aristotle meant by intellect and will.
New Study Reveals DNA Organization in the Nucleus; Plus Highly Recommended Video
We knew the nucleus had to be organized into compartments with particular chromosomes taking up particular regions.
Massive Genetic Study Confirms Birds Arose in “Big Bang”-Type of “Explosion”
It’s long been known that the Cambrian explosion isn’t the only explosion of organisms in the fossil record.