Tag: Cambrian Explosion
Does Natural Selection Leave “Detectable Statistical Evidence in the Genome”?
In Chapter 11 of Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer responds extensively to critics who have claimed that the evolution of new genes is well understood.
Darwin Defenders Love Donald Prothero’s Ranting Review of Darwin’s Doubt
I wonder who among the Internet’s Darwin brigade will have a go at Stephen Meyer’s book next. Good luck to them.
How "Sudden" Was the Cambrian Explosion? Nick Matzke Misreads Stephen Meyer and the Paleontological Literature; New Yorker Recycles Misrepresentation
Ironically, the rarity of genes and proteins in sequence space means that even thirty million years is not nearly enough time for the neo-Darwinian mechanism to generate a new gene or protein, much less a new animal form.
In Words and Images, My Hike to the Burgess Shale
Conway Morris’s description is dead on. Imagine the scene he describes — hiking through gorgeous scenery up to a tiny quarry where you find ancient fossils preserved in incredible detail.
Erwin and Valentine’s The Cambrian Explosion Affirms Major Points in Darwin’s Doubt: The Cambrian Enigma Is “Unresolved”
A while back at Jerry Coyne’s blog, Why Evolution Is True, contributor Greg Mayer wrote a post encouraging readers to buy a new 2013 book about the Cambrian explosion.