Tag: Galápagos Finches series

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, amphibians, brachiopods, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, corals, cormorant, Darwin's Finches, degeneration, endangered species, evolution, foraminifera, fossilization, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, genotype, Geospizinae, John Gould, macroevolution, North America, ornithology, population growth, population size, South America, speciation, women}

“Darwin’s Finches”: Galápagos Islands as an Evolutionary Model

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 30, 2020

Evolution

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Taking the facts and arguments presented together, it appears to be clear that no macroevolution is happening in “Darwin’s finches.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 25, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, beak size, birds, Darwin's Finches, droughts, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Geospiza fortis, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, Nature (journal), Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, seeds, Sisyphean evolution, species, subjunctive}

Galápagos Finches — Some Contradictions Solved

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 25, 2020

Evolution

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The authors offer a selectionist explanation, which is nevertheless uncertain. Note the repeated use of the subjunctive. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, beak size, Charles Darwin, Christian Science Monitor, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, genera, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University, Sangeet Lamichhaney, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, species, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe}

Galápagos Finches — An “Exceptionally Strong Natural-Selection Event”?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 24, 2020

Evolution

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This is by no means an all-or-nothing selection (as the impression is sometimes given). Rather, the alleles are retained. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, beak size, Darwin's Finches, DNA, dog breeds, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, genotype, HMGA2, macroevolution, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, SNPs, speciation}

Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 20, 2020

Evolution

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They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 19, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, ALX1, American Museum of Natural History, Biological Reviews, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, evolution, finch beaks, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Geospiza fortis, haplotypes, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, morphology, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sisyphus, University of Minnesota}

On the “Sisyphean Evolution of Darwin’s Finches”

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 19, 2020

Evolution

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Scientific data are followed by the myth: “Finch beak morphology observed on the Galápagos Islands was used by Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Adaptive Radiation, beak size, biology textbooks, evolution, Federal Government, fitness, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Geospizinae, hybridization, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sisyphean evolution, Sisyphus, weather, Winston Churchill, Zombie Science (book)}

Galápagos Finches and a Surprising Deletion

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 18, 2020

Evolution

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How could the authors suddenly do this? Some of the following points may be considered. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Darwin's Finches, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Harvard University, National Academy of Sciences, Nature (journal), Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, speciation}

Are Galápagos Finches “Evolution in Action”?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 17, 2020

Evolution

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In a series of posts starting today, I offer some notes on the question of whether macroevolution is happening on the Galápagos Islands. Read More ›