Tag: flowering plants
On Fall Foliage, Nathan Lents Comes Up Short
There is nothing in the word “gift” that entails its having been given identically to all persons at all times. That’s not hard, actually.
Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution
Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence.
Getting to the Roots of Design
Plants make food for everyone else, but they couldn’t do it without a lot of help from their microbial friends.
Three Ways that Plants Defy Darwin’s Mechanism
Plants have no brains and limited mobility, yet they have mechanisms to thrive in place. One mechanism involves the prevention of inbreeding.
Conservation of Information and Coevolution: New BIO-Complexity Article by Ewert and Marks
Biologists often claim that coevolutionary interactions, as with bees and flowers, can alter the fitness landscape to drive evolutionary changes.