Tag: lizards
Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting
I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda.
There Is No Known Evolutionary Rule for Animal Intelligence
Got a pet lizard? Good news. Scientists say it can be trained to do tasks and tricks.
Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics
Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible.
Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang
The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.”
Fossil Friday: Rapid Elongation of Plesiosaur Necks Points to Intelligent Design
The breaking of the conserved number of cervical vertebrae is hard to reconcile with an unguided evolutionary mechanism.