Tag: macroevolution
Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo
“On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system.”
Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued from Dogma?
Casey Luskin begins a conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of neo-Darwinism.
Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations
As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification.
Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model
An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic.
Is Adaptation Actually a Fight to Stay the Same?
Charles Darwin pointed to small changes like finch beak size and peppered moth color as visible evidence of an unguided evolutionary process at work.