Category: Evolution
“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem
The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists.
Steve Laufmann: Is Biology Engineering?
Laufmann describes how his work as a systems engineer relates to the red hot field of systems biology.
Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates
Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time.
Your Designed Body: Hearing Is a Symphony of Parts
The human ear can detect sound when the eardrum is displaced by as little as one-tenth the diameter of a single hydrogen atom.
Springtails: Wingless Arthropods that Can Fly
The fossil record shows a “Hexapod Gap.” Unfortunately for Darwin, the two leading theories to explain the gap can be ruled out.