Tag: common ancestry
Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”
A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is.
In the Controversy over Intelligent Design, Seeking Genuine Dialogue
To me, this kind of back and forth is more amenable to serious discussion and reflection than quick volleys on a discussion board.
State Science Standards and You: Utah in Focus
While discussions of science standards are often couched in bureaucratic-sounding language, the impact of these policies can be profound.
Only Religionists Doubt Darwin? The Case of C.S. Lewis
If this were true, it would cast suspicion on the skeptics who, so goes this line of insinuation, are motivated by their passion to believe.
Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder
Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry.