Tag: migration
Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution
They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve.
Encore Performances in the Design of Life
News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian.
Marvelous Migrations at All Scales
Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put?
Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart
Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights.
“It’s Official”: Textbook Wisdom on Human Origins Is Wrong!
I hardly dared to dream that, as an early Christmas present, 2017 would close with a final blow to the Out of Africa story.