Category: Evolution
Dolphins and Porpoises and…Bats? Oh My! Evolution’s Convergence Problem
Intelligent-design proponents who question common ancestry typically interpret biological similarity as resulting from a common blueprint.
Building Smarter Mice? Not Sure
A single gene is said to be potentially responsible for the superior human intelligence we all enjoy.
Too Bad David Coppedge Isn’t a Peppered Moth
There’s something hallucinatory about this fixation on a single pitiable and tattered insect.
If You Want a Good Story, Look to Darwinian Evolution, Not Intelligent Design
It’s all the rage to explain away other people’s undesirable political, religious and scientific views as no more than the product of brain chemistry and the unlucky sweepings of evolution.
Overselling Human Evolution: The Finnish Edition
Well-publicized research looking at a Finnish population between 1760 and 1849 has confirmed that humans are still capable of “evolving.”