Tag: natural selection
Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect
Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation.
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Mutation
According to evolutionary biologist Thomas Cavalier-Smith, the idea that DNA contains all the information needed to make an organism “is simply false.”
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.
What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?
No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history.
Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking
It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.”