Tag: mammals
Human Vestigial Organs: Some Contradictions in Darwinian Thinking
Among these organs, the pronephros was taken as an outstanding illustration for the assertion that man is “a veritable walking museum of antiquities.”
Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Place in the Evolutionary Tree?
New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost “alien” species.
The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery
“We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris.”
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.
Chinks in the Chicxulub Story
If an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs as believed by the scientific consensus, its effects on evolution seem strained and inconsistent.