Showing posts with label evolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evolution. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Microscopy

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 I took up a new hobby. I bought microscopes from ShopGoodwill.com and some prepared slides from Amazon. I was happy to be able to take some...
Friday, October 13, 2017

THE UNWISE SAPIENS OF YUVAL NOAH HARARI

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Harper, 2014, 443 pages I was on a long waiting list despite the many copies at the Austin Public Library. When I was done, I could not...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Of Watches and Beaches and Atheists

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I patronize the local atheist boutique to buy bumper stickers, pens, pencils, lapel pins, and badges. This one sat on my desk for a couple ...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Unremarkable Origin of Species

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The most surprising facts are (1) Darwin’s Origin of Species is still a lightning rod for religious fundamentalists and (2) in various loc...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Fossils and Behaviors

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Sub-adult American alligator  in Pearl River Delta, Mississippi.  Photo by Kristine Gingras  from the journal artlcle. Crocodile...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Epigenetics and Evolution

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The mechanism of evolution has not been discovered.  No consistent theory exists. Random mutations adapting to changing environments was the...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Origin of ... (What?)

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Fertile hybrids demonstrate the limitations of strict Darwinian taxonomy.  According to the easy definitions, a species is a genetically dis...