Tag: Microevolution
Brian Miller: Engineering in Biology, and THE Engineer
If living systems were deliberately engineered, how good an engineer was the one behind those living systems?
Brian Miller: “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Engineering in the Biological Sciences”
Dr. Miller takes on a number of specific examples including the celebrated eyeless cavefish, which he “used to think was an absolute win for microevolution.”
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Speciation
Swedish scientist Arne Müntzing used two plant species to make a hybrid that underwent chromosome doubling to produce hempnettle, a member of the mint family.
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection
When the drought ended and the rains returned, however, food was plentiful, and the average beak size returned to normal.
Complex Programmed Behaviors — Intelligently Designed
Some discriminators don’t get us very far in deciding which is the better explanation between blind evolution and intelligent design.