Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Over at Time magazine, Carl Zimmer has a good essay, “The Ever Evolving Theories of Darwin”, about Darwin’s contributions and what has happened in evolutionary biology since 1859. The essay was kind of spoiled for me, though, by the ending, in which Zimmer seems to buy into something he calls the “extended evolutionary synthesis”. To … Continue reading Are we ready for an “extended evolutionary synthesis”?
The January 24th issue of New Scientist had a garish cover showing the tree of life, with the words “DARWIN WAS WRONG” emblazoned over it. An editorial bemoaned the phylogenetic errors of the old man, adding a few other buzzwords as well: A particularly pertinent example is provided in this week’s cover story – the … Continue reading Darwin proclaimed wrong AGAIN; we fight back!
