29Nov 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Beetles

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Natural selection is the great magician in evolutionary fantasy land, where it explains rapid change in explosive radiations as well as no change at all. Source
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03Oct 2024 by Post

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

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Critics laughed at this, and Darwin removed it from later editions of his book, though he continued privately to believe it. Source
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