Category: Human Origins
So, Here’s the Source of Karl Giberson’s Tailed-Baby Photo
Yes, it was “digitally manipulated.”
Human Origins: The War of Trivial Explanations
Darwinian theory, by its very nature, demands this zealous emphasis on isolated, randomly generated characteristics or events — warring trivia, basically.
I Cannot Tell a Taradiddle: Karl Giberson Replies, Feebly, on the Myth of Human "Tails"
Much gratitude is owed to Colby College historian of science Joseph Martin for his candid defense of lying in the context of public discussions of science.
Human Tails: Another Evolutionary Icon that Coyne, Giberson and Other Darwin Defenders Would Be Wise to Abandon
Charles Darwin was the first to articulate this notion, but it survives, a true vestige, among his modern advocates.
“Pseudotails” and “True Tails” Have Similar Causes, Suggesting Both Are Birth Defects, Not Vestigial Holdovers
Yet another evolutionary icon has fallen to the data.