Category: Evolution
Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate
The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions.
Pentadactyl Whale Flipper Is an Engineering Masterstroke
Does the five-digit design of the whale flipper, akin to the five-digit design of so many different kinds of animal limbs, point to evolutionary common descent?
Reconsidering David Hume’s Critique of Design Thinking
There is no sense in which we can say that Hume destroyed the intellectual coherence of design thinking. William Paley could already see this in 1802.
Postcard from São Paulo: Intelligent Design Sung to a New Tune in Brazil
The theme of the conference was familiar to us, but I’d like to think that we’ve heard it sung to a new tune in more ways than one.
Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!
Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why?