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Category: Evolutionary Biology
It turns out I write academia erotica! I can tell you that the three dimensional visual imagery in the post to which Stephanie refers was a replacement for the actual visual imagery I had in mind when I wrote it. But I couldn't use that...
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:27 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Agassiz
The The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin was published 150 years go as I write this. At the time, several different alternative theories of the origin and history of life were being discussed in the West. Some of these theories were theological. Theological ideas...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:50 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Atheism
I would very much like your help in picking out a tee-shirt to wear around town. Let me tell you about the town, and you'll be able to make an appropriate suggestion....
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:00 AM • 53 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Behavioral Biology
Do Individual Females Differ Intrinsically in Their Propensity to Engage in Extra-Pair Copulations?...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:06 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolutionary Biology
Research on giant sea scorpions (eurypterids) - the largest bugs that ever lived - has shed new light on why eurypterids became so large and eventually died out....
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:15 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Falsehoods
As the mother cougar approached the flood and all hope seemed to diminish, the narrator said "The mother cougar, driven by an instinct to save her species, searched desperately for any sign of the third kitten, who represented the next generation of cougars."
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:59 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Falsehoods
Another look at falsehoods about evolution....
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:15 AM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Falsehoods
In my initial s.php">list of Falsehoods, I included these two closely related items: Evolution has stopped for humans; and Serious scientists often entertain the question: "Has evolution stopped for humans?" I'll make the distinction between them clear eventually. For now, let's focus on the first:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:55 AM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Falsehoods
Biology is harder to learn than quantum physics. Why? Because most people think they totally get biology, but everyone knows nobody gets quantum physics. Therefore, any effort to explore quantum physics will result in new learning, but people rarely learn new biology. The bottom line...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:07 PM • 157 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Anthropology
Is the Natural World a valid source of guidance for our behavior, morals, ethics, and other more mundane areas of thought such as how to build an airplane and what to eat for breakfast?1 When it comes to airplanes, you'd better be a servant to...
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:50 PM • 57 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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