Tag: bacteria
An Impressive Instance of Unguided Evolution? Not So Much
“There is a desire for the theory to be true in spite of the science,” says Cornelius Hunter, “not because of the science.”
Quiz: Is This a Prediction from the Tree of Life?
Conservation of function, but not genes, can be understood with an analogy to natural language. Consider two sentences.
Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma
Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate.
Gifted Microbes Elevate the Case for Intelligent Design to the Entire Biosphere
Far from being humble, primitive steppingstones to higher life, microbes display superpowers that so-called “higher” forms of life depend on.
Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity
The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate.