Category: Evolution
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology
The fossil record, far from establishing Darwinian theory, only succeeds in hammering one more nail into Darwin’s coffin.
NCSE and Eugenie Scott Attack Critics of Evolution with New Film, No Dinosaurs In Heaven
The NCSE recently ramped up their defense of evolution by participating in and promoting the documentary film No Dinosaurs in Heaven.
Discovery of “Oldest Fully Aquatic Whale” Fossil Throws a Major Bone into Whale Evolution Story
The whale’s tale may be 5 million years shorter than previously thought.
Evolving Metamorphosis: A Hopeless Task
Your job is to explain insect metamorphosis in evolutionary terms. What will you say? We can learn from the example of two geneticists who basically said the process is “evolutionarily conserved” — that is, not evolved!
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Anatomy
The argument from evolutionary developmental biology and embryonic development is probably one of the stronger for common descent. But I’m not convinced.