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From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

Critics laughed at this, and Darwin removed it from later editions of his book, though he continued privately to believe it. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar, via Flickr.

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›
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Whales Give More “Design of Life” Evidence, Defying Explanations Based on Natural Selection

Biologist Richard Sternberg explains how the whale-evolution sequence is more “artistic license” than demonstrable fact. Read More ›
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Whale of a Webinar Debuts a Delightful “Long Story Short” Video

Whales are held up as a model of what unguided evolution can do in a short time: in this case, just 8 million years, or perhaps even half that. Read More ›
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From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›
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An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”

“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute. Read More ›
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Of Whales and Timescales

The changes involved in adapting a generic mammalian template into a whale are certainly not all simple, independent, single-letter changes. Read More ›
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entrance to the male and female toilet. Sign in airport
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Irreducible Complexity in Male Sexual Function

The human embryo is destined to become female by default unless several chemicals swing into action. Read More ›

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