Tag: New Scientist
Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design
In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot.
Fossil Follies from Around the Science Literature
Evolutionary anthropologists will have to drastically revise the timeline of the first human arrivals in North America.
Phylogenetic Conflict Is Common and the “Hierarchy” Is Far from “Perfect”
It’s simply false for Dawkins to claim that when you compare genes of different animals, they “fall on a perfectly hierarchy — a perfect family tree.”
Non-Mendelian Inheritance Undermines Neo-Darwinism
Neo-Darwinians breathed a sigh of relief when in the 1930s they found a way to incorporate Mendel’s laws of heredity. Now, that relief is unraveling.
Reviewing Sapiens: Getting the Origin of Religion Backwards
The traditions of the Santal people entail an account of their own religious history that directly contradicts Harari’s evolutionary view.