Tag: whales
To Shave a Cow: Sternberg on Whale Evolution
That evolution, over a span of 11 million years or so, was once hailed as a “poster child” for the confirmation of Darwinian theory.
Is the Human Neck a “Mistake of Evolution”?
Darwin asserted the “absurdity” of evolution designing a shared opening to the esophagus and trachea (windpipe).
Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed
Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature.
Whales — Time to Put Evolution’s Exhausted “Poster Child” to Rest
The argument about whales turns on two points: “Population genetics calculations say no,” and “New fossil find throws the series into disarray.”
Whale Song: Learning from Our Critics
A substantive argument is a lovely thing to behold, to watch or to listen to, even if punctuated (in Myers’s case) by the usual grumpy insults.