Tag: language
Doctor’s Diary: No “Butts” About It
An anthropologist writes that the evolution of bipedal-walking primates was primarily caused by the shifting of select bones and muscles in the pelvis.
Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith
In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway.
Beauty, Coherence, Semiotics, and the Coronavirus — Webinar Series Continues Thursday
Purely physical explanations have difficulty in explaining the language-like features of communication between the coronavirus and a cell.
Humans Were Designed to Harness Fire
Of all the discoveries made on mankind’s long march to civilization, there was one primal discovery that made the realization of all else possible.
Mistakes Our Critics Make: Information Theory
Researchers felt compelled to describe biological information using such phrases as “coding schemes,” “carries meaning,” “core program,” and “hierarchical rules (grammar).”