Category: Evolution
Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go
This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science.
The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era
Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered?
Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID
One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point.
Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA
A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.”
Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey
Alfred Russel Wallace took a journey Darwin could not follow. He went from natural selection to natural theology.