Tag: population genetics
New Article in Science Boosts Plausibility of a Primordial Pair
These new developments underscore the fact that there is no room for dogmatism about claims concerning the smallest population size of humans.
Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?
The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus.
New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”
“Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose.”
Protein Evolution, the Waiting-Time Problem, and the Intriguing Possibility of Two First Parents
After being asked to evaluate the scientific case against Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger dove into population genetics.
Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Mosasaurs in the Cretaceous
The math of population genetics precludes a Darwinian origin of these new genes in such a short time.