Tag: nerve cells
Darwin Double-Crossed: The Design of the Human Nervous System
Our skin and our insides are laced with an invisible, highly sophisticated, selective, neurological netting.
Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New
Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought.
This Didn’t Evolve a Few Mutations at a Time
Let’s have a look at an example: nerve cells and their action potential signals.
Early Complexity: An Evolutionary Case Study
Amoebas contain hundreds of times more DNA than humans, and this “just didn’t make sense.”