Fig wasp sex ratios show that not all of nature is by design
Assuming that natural selection shapes all animal and plant traits is a false impression. Natural selection is a mindless process.
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Assuming that natural selection shapes all animal and plant traits is a false impression. Natural selection is a mindless process.
Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity.
Computer scientist and engineer Dean Schulz has published two papers in the journal BIO-Complexity that describe his top-down and bottom-up analyses of the bacterial flagellum (here, here). He recently published his final paper in the series, "An...
Dean Schulz investigated the design of the flagellum with a method that could be described as groundbreaking.
Throughout much of the past century, the idea of a gold standard for national currencies has been routinely linked with laissez-faire economics and "classical liberalism"—also known as "libertarianism." It's not difficult to see why.