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  • 07.14.25

Tag: Panda’s Thumb

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Andrew McDiarmid
May 9, 2025, 6:59 AM

More Than a Thumb: Integrated Design in the Giant Panda

Is the famous “panda’s thumb” evidence of unguided evolutionary processes, or is it a masterpiece of engineering.

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Andrew McDiarmid
May 8, 2025, 6:44 AM

Evolved or Engineered? A Geneticist Evaluates the Panda’s Thumb

Giant pandas have an elongated wrist bone, the radial sesamoid, that allows them to handle and eat bamboo with great dexterity.

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
July 21, 2024, 7:47 PM

More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology.

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024, 1:42 PM

New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

“If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?”

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Andrew McDiarmid
April 21, 2024, 7:04 AM

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints.

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