Tag: Microevolution
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.”
Fossil Friday: Direct Fossil Ancestors of Living Species?
Willi Hennig, the founder of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), recognized that finding and demonstrating direct ancestors would be a very hard task.
No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”
They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.”
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.
What Do We Know about the Origin of Rhinos?
Although they are not the handsomest or most graceful creatures in the animal kingdom, the Rhinocerotoidea (superfamily) are a fascinating group for research.