Category: Evolution
Chimps Can Cook! — Or Not
A study stretches its findings to argue that chimps and humans are the same.
Paper Reports that Amino Acids Used by Life Are Finely Tuned to Explore “Chemistry Space”
They attribute this fine-tuning to natural selection.
From Chemicals to Codes at the Origin of Life: A Bridge Too Far?
Two evolutionary biochemists take on a leap of Olympic proportions: the triple-jump from chemicals to codes, proteins, and a common ancestor for all life.
John West on Alfred Wallace and the Road Not Taken
If the co-discoverer of evolutionary theory were alive today, he would be attacked as a “creationist.”
Research Paper: “Common Design Principles” Explain Patterns of Retinal Cells in Insects
A new article in the journal Trends in Genetics bears an intriguing title.