Tag: mammals
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.
Visitor’s Guide: At Nation’s Natural History Museum, Misinformation on Human Origins, and More
Mammalian fossil exhibits at the Smithsonian claim that humans and all mammals descended from the “first mammal,” perhaps Morganucodon.
Intelligent Design in Human-Animal Friendships
A man and his emotional support alligator, Wally, made headlines last week when they tried to attend a baseball game together in Philadelphia.