Tag: New Scientist
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.
Rewriting Human Origins, Ongoing in East Asia
The reason all these new discoveries are so noteworthy is not because they represent the usual progress of science.
What, Another “Rewrite” of the Human Origins Story? How About a Rethink, Instead?
Sometimes predictions are not only fulfilled but over-fulfilled.
Early Review of A.N. Wilson’s Anti-Darwin Biography Could Have Been Predicted
We haven’t yet seen a copy of A.N. Wilson’s forthcoming anti-Darwin book, which isn’t out in the United States until December 12.
Dan Graur, Anti-ENCODE Crusader, Is Back
In arguing for 75 percent of the human genome as trash, has Dr. Graur slain the ENCODE dragon and rescued the Junk DNA myth? Nah.