Author: Michael Denton
On the Diversification of Fur, Feathers, and Scales, the Mystery Remains
Reporting in Science Advances, researchers studied a lizard, a bearded dragon, in which scales failed to develop.
Gegenbaur Revisited: Assessing the “Limbs from Gills” Scenario
New research seems to supports a notion first proposed more than a century ago by a great German morphologist.
Human Language: Linguistic Ability by Saltation
Rather than being earned, linguistic capacity was given.
Discovering Fire: How We Became Pyrophiles
With the approaching premiere of Fire-Maker, we asked Dr. Denton for his comments on a well-timed research article.
Human Language: Noam Chomsky, Universal Grammar, and Natural Selection
There is no doubt that a unique deep structure underlies the languages of all members of our species, modern Homo sapiens.