Tag: vertebrates
Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover?
Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture.
The Perfect Human Body?
For English anatomist Alice Roberts, however, the human body is a “hodge-podge” of parts assembled in an “untidy” fashion “with no foresight” by evolution.
More Information Found in DNA: The Shape Code
Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands made “a remarkable discovery” about a protein named Polycomb that binds to DNA.
The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments
In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs.
Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy
Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome.