Tag: Tree of Life
The (Texas) Tree of Life: “Every Scientific Test To-Date” Supports “Darwin’s Basic Ideas”
Enter biologist Ken Miller, who in 2013 submitted for adoption in Texas his textbook Biology, which promotes the opposite of critical thinking on evolution.
Shark Proteins Contradict the Standard Phylogeny of Vertebrates
In the thinking of evolutionary biologists, can common descent, even in principle, be falsified?
Phylogenetic Conflicts Turn Ant Genus into “Motley Assortment of Unrelated Species”
Yet another example showing that the methods of phylogenetic reconstruction — used to bolster common descent — often yield results at variance with the evidence.
New York Times: "We are Sarcopterygian Fish," If You Ignore Contrary Data
The article highlights a recent paper in Nature reporting on the sequencing of the genome of the coelacanth, a famous fish often called a “living fossil.”
Bothersome Bats and Other Pests Disturb the “Tree of Life”
A recent paper in the journal Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society offers some striking comments about the prevalence of discordance among phylogenetic trees.