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Eurasian-spoonbill
Photo: Eurasian spoonbill, by Ryzhkov Sergey, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Physics Envy Is Not Helping Evolutionary Biology

Biology is very different from physics. But if living things are entirely describable by atoms and forces, shouldn’t laws of physics apply to them, too? Read More ›
raven
Photo: A raven, by Peter Lloyd via Unsplash.

How the Raven Said “Nevermore”

Watch how easy it is to tell a Darwinian story. If something exists and looks advantageous, it evolved. Read More ›
mountain climber
Photo credit: TheDigitalArtist, via Pixabay.

You Can’t Climb a Mountain with Ostrich Legs

Compromises are driven by the limitations of a material world, but also by the vision that lies behind the design. Read More ›
Alice Roberts and Perfect Human
Photo: Alice Roberts meets the Perfect Human Body, via BBC Four (screen shot).

Just Try Evolving That!

I’d like to point out a few things to Dr. Alice Roberts. None of this is evolutionarily possible. Read More ›
Alice Roberts
Photo: The Perfect Human Body according to Alice Roberts, via BBC Four(screen shot).

The Perfect Human Body?

For English anatomist Alice Roberts, however, the human body is a “hodge-podge” of parts assembled in an “untidy” fashion “with no foresight” by evolution. Read More ›

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