Category: Evolution
Evolution of the Mammalian Eye: Ho-Hum, No Big Deal?
Many ENV readers will be familiar with the Nilsson and Pelger paper that purports to show how the emergence of the complex mammalian eye is no problem at all for undirected natural selection.
Nature‘s Editors Warn Pope Francis
An editorial picks up on the good question of what stance Francis, who has a degree in chemistry, will take in relationship to scientific questions.
In The Weekly Standard, Andrew Ferguson Offers the Best Explication Yet of Nagel’s Book and the Nagel Affair
“A materialist who lived his life according to his professed convictions…wouldn’t just be a materialist: He’d be a psychopath.”
Francis I on a “Plan Inscribed in Nature”
This papacy is starting off nicely, in a number of ways. Here’s one.
From the Annals of Microevolution
“Over 30 years, you can see these birds being selected for their ability to avoid cars.”