Tag: evolutionary biology
Scientific Paper Reaffirms New Genes Required for Cambrian Explosion
The notion that many genes would be required for the Cambrian explosion may seem unsurprising — what is surprising is that anyone would challenge the idea.
Listen: Scott Turner on Evolutionary Biology’s Mechanistic Bias
Viewing the brain as a computer, for example, obscures many things about the brain and the mind that exceed computers, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Reform It Altogether — More on the Naturalistic Parabola
I’ve fussed about this point for a long time. And Discovery Institute colleagues have occasionally chided me for my obsession.
Was Kimberella a Precambrian Mollusk?
If identified as an animal, it would “predate the Cambrian explosion of bilaterian animal phyla as a kind of ‘advance guard.’”
Welcome Back, Jonathan McLatchie, and Congratulations!
As of January 2020, Jonathan M. is now Dr. Jonathan McLatchie. He earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the Biosciences Institute at Newcastle University.