Tag: birds
Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution
They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve.
How the Raven Said “Nevermore”
Watch how easy it is to tell a Darwinian story. If something exists and looks advantageous, it evolved.
A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2
Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms.
Bullet Points for Jerry Coyne
Alas, Coyne’s review of Darwin Devolves has too little intellectual content to sustain any real engagement.
Perplexing: Michael Behe’s Critics Falsely Claim He Ignores Exaptation
Writing in the journal Science, reviewers Lents, Swamidass, and Lenski make a very specific, clear, strong, and unambiguous claim.