Tag: exaptation
Train Wreck of a Review: A Response to Lenski et al. in Science
Richard Lenski has spent decades overseeing the most extensive, most acclaimed laboratory evolution experiment conducted to date.
First Review of Darwin Devolves Relies Heavily on Circular Reasoning
This line of argumentation only appears compelling to those who assume from that start that the core assumptions of the standard evolutionary model are true.
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
Sea Turtles Swim Against the Darwin Current
Was there ever a more incongruous animal to imagine being a swimming champion?