Tag: comparative anatomy
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Anatomy
The argument from evolutionary developmental biology and embryonic development is probably one of the stronger for common descent. But I’m not convinced.
(Not) Making the Grade: An Evaluation of 22 Recent Biology Textbooks and Their Use of Selected Icons of Evolution
Unfortunately, as this review has made clear, biology textbooks have a long way to go. Parents, students and educators who seek accuracy and objectivity in evolution-education will have to continue to be a “royal pain in the fanny” of textbook publishers.