Tag: evolution
Giant sauropod dinosaurs may have sported turtlelike beaks | Richard Dawkins Foundation
Fast evolution explains the tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ from Flores Island
New research models how the Homo floresiensis species could have evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island.
Source: Fast evolution explains the tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ from Flores Island
The last mammoths died on a remote island
Isolation, extreme weather, and the possible arrival of humans may have killed off the holocene herbivores just 4,000 years ago.
Source: The last mammoths died on a remote island — ScienceDaily
We’ve been drawing evolution wrong since the 1800s. So what does it actually look like?
Scratch that traditional straight line depiction from Charles Darwin’s times.
Did mosasaurs do the breast stroke?
Mosasaurs were true sea monsters of late Cretaceous seas. These marine lizards — related to modern snakes and monitor lizards — grew as long as fifty feet, flashed two rows of sharp teeth, and shredded their victims with enormous, powerful jaws.
Does Darwinism not matter the way it used to?
David Gelernter was NOT flung out on his ear for doubting Darwin. And, how many people much care now what P.Z. Myers thinks? Is ultra-Darwinism past its sell-by date?
Source: Does Darwinism not matter the way it used to? | Uncommon Descent
