Tag: Panda’s Thumb
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.
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.
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.
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?”
The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?
Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints.