Category: Evolution
Nothing in Biology Geology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution Geosynclinal Theory
If it were a character in horror and fantasy literature, Darwinian evolutionary theory would be called a lich.
Predicting the Formation of Virtually Identical Species
A new study in Nature claims that scientists can predict the extent to which a clade will speciate by studying its environmental niche and the prevalence of sexual selection.
Bateman’s Sexual Selection: Another Darwinian Pillar Falls
It was a classic experiment that generated a catchy phrase and launched a paradigm.
Richard Dawkins on Darwin-Doubting Undergraduate Student: “Little Fool” Is a “Pathetic Little Idiot”
If you want to get skeptical students to learn about evolution, Dawkins’s methods are probably the worst possible way to go about doing that.
PZ Myers: Academic Freedom for Me, but Not for Thee
Without the liberty to dissent, the whole idea of “academic freedom” is pretty meaningless.