Tag: dolphins
Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism
Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders.
From Winston Ewert, New Peer-Reviewed Paper on Dependency Graph Model
Ewert’s model represents a valuable tool in the developing theory of biological design, which should eventually supplant phylogenetic analyses.
Ovid in His Exile
Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments.
New Scientist: Ichthyosaurs Evolved “Astonishingly Rapidly”
This is a case of evolutionary biology trying to explain away the data that otherwise was not directly expected under their model.
More Evolution by Devolution: Mammalian Hairlessness
The mechanism of Darwinian evolution absolutely works — by breaking genes, when that provides a selective advantage, or turning them off.