Tag: adaptation
Paper Digest: Addressing Flaws in Population Dynamic Models
Reframing genetic variation as falling into separate categories — random and non-random — could provide new insights into the history of life.
When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult
Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious.
Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now
A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking.
Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model
An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic.
Are Guppies Examples of Darwinian Macroevolution?
It was 1961, in the steep mountain streams of Trinidad where cascading waterfalls create barriers which predatory fish can’t overcome.