Tag: Brian K. Hall
Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution
Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence.
The Fairy Tale World of an Evolution Textbook
Endothermy may have advantages over ectothermy, but I wouldn’t advise taking your chances by picking up a poisonous snake.
Strickberger’s Evolution Textbook Promotes False Evolutionary Icons
From crippled fruit flies we move to perhaps the most pervasive icon of them all, the peppered moth.
Darwinian Mythology in Strickberger’s Evolution
Just because something can be counted as science does not automatically mean that it is true.
The Triumphalism of Strickberger’s Evolution
The oversimplification here is staggering (Darwin and women’s rights?!) and would take an entire book to unpack.