Tag: elephants
Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea
Is this what Darwinism would predict? Of course not! Is it instead what intelligent design theory would predict? Indeed it is.
Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia
So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario.
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.
MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?
While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs.
Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates
Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time.