Tag: Dan Graur
New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”
Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better.
“Creation Myths” Misquotes and Misrepresents Junk DNA Video
Our video backs up what it says with clear quotes and references. We’ve provided more documentation here.
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents
Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student.
Dan Graur: The Core Rationale for Claiming “Junk DNA”
This explains why many researchers, who are fully on board with evolution, nonetheless ignore Graur’s advice.
#2 Story of 2021: Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA
There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components.