Tyrannosaurid_FMNH_PR308 Type post Author Günter Bechly Date August 2, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , anagenesis, Canada, cladogenesis, Darwinian gradualism, Daspletosaurus, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Montana, natural selection, speciation, Tyrannosaurus rex Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids Günter Bechly August 2, 2024 Evolution, Paleontology 6 History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›
Homo_naledi_foot Type post Author Casey Luskin Date April 30, 2020 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , anagenesis, Ann Gauger, annus horribilis, Associated Press, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Bernard Wood, BIO-Complexity, Denisovans, Ethiopia, genetic diversity, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Nature (journal), Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropology, population genetics, primates, punctuated equilibrium, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Magazine, Tim White A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution Casey Luskin April 30, 2020 Human Origins and Anthropology 16 Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›
Mayr Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 25, 2018 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, anagenesis, anthropocentrism, cladogenesis, creationism, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, Günter Wagner, Hilary Putnam, Julian Huxley, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, natural theology, neo-Darwinian synthesis, Peter Bowler, positivism, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Henry Huxley, Vienna Circle, Werner Heisenberg The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A Fable Told by Ernst Mayr Michael Flannery July 25, 2018 Evolution 5 Mayr worked tirelessly to establish a synthesis bearing the unmistakable stamp of positivism. Read More ›
blind salamander Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date June 8, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Albert Einstein, anagenesis, Charles Darwin, cladogenesis, common ancestry, Copernicus, creation, Giordano Bruno, peppered moths, species Logicblind — Reviewing Andrew Shtulman Jonathan Wells June 8, 2017 Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 7 Schtulman’s recent book, Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong, is filled with confusions. Read More ›