Category: Evolution
Research: Human Brains Differ from Chimps’ Even More than Expected
It’s surprising how many people offer the common throwaway line, “We share 98.8 percent of our DNA with chimps!”
Standing O for Jerry Coyne?
Using his power and the prestige brand of his university to bully someone like Eric Hedin was nothing less than loathsome.
Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA”
We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm.
The Convoluted Concept of Evolving Evolvability
Try to wrap your mind around the notion that evolvability evolves by natural selection. On second thought, don’t. It’s not conducive to mental health.
West: Why We Can’t “Just Make Peace with Darwin”
Watch this and then ask a Darwinist friend if he or she can think of one way that the evolutionary perspective has ennobled or uplifted anyone.