Tag: introgression
Fossil Friday: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans
The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community.
Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism
Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically.
Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design
If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration.
Butterfly Wing Pattern Diversification by Non-Darwinian Mechanisms
In butterfly “evolution,” new findings show mechanisms at work other than random mutation and natural selection.
Testing Behe’s Principle that Darwin Devolves
We looked at some papers claiming to see evolution happening in real time, to see if natural selection has actually invented a new function, or just broke an existing function.