Evolution

Why Evolution Is True gets reviewed in PLoS

Creation/Evolution Controversy [5], which is (another unfortunately titled book) about how to listen to such people, ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Mar 31 2009 - 8:37pm

Homo Erectus And Brain Size- The Hole Story

ancestor, Homo erectus, and consequently revising notions about how smart they may have been. The ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2008 - 3:37pm

Bony Vertebrate Evolution: Elephant Sharks Closer To Humans Than Teleost Fish

genome, estimated to be about 910 Mb long, comprises about 28% repetitive elements. Comparative analysis ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2007 - 2:01pm

Human Slaughter or Natural Competition?

what effects the changing environment had on these animals, about the timing of human arrival in ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Apr 13 2009 - 3:00pm

The Platypus, Evolution, And Why Piattelli-Palmarini Is Wrong

article about the platypus for a major Italian newspaper,  Il Corriere della Sera. In the article, ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jun 1 2008 - 9:58am

Genome Reduction In Bladderworts Vs. Leg Loss In Snakes

a plant with a small genome says as much about non coding DNA in other plants and in humans as a fish with ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Jun 6 2013 - 6:00am

Hybridization, Associated Gene Exchange In Baboons: How New Species Emerge

evolved in the same sub-Saharan habitats as humans about two million years ago, they provide an excellent ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2019 - 10:34am

MASHing Junk DNA

function, during the 1980s. (Note: I have not even begun to discuss the history of thoughts about possible ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Feb 20 2008 - 8:41am

A Tuna Is More Like A Seahorse Than A Marlin? That's Science

origin to about 50 million years ago, then dropped about five-fold and has remained at that level since. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2013 - 10:23am

Is There Such A Thing As Human Nature?

our ability to think about the mental state of other people. Interestingly, this complex circuit ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Nov 24 2008 - 10:49am