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There are about 20,000 protein-coding genes in the human genome. We'd like to know what all these genes are doing but the only way to fi...

One of my Facebook friends posted a link to an article on genetic drift on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy website [ Genetic Drift ]...

The Genetics Society has awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal to Joe Felsenstein. Some of you may know Joe because he sometimes posts comments on...

Arlin Stoltfus wrote an excellent book where he makes the case for mutationism—the idea that the course of evolution is determined by the oc...

If you align similar regions of the human and chimpanzee genomes they turn out to be about 98.6% identical in nucleotide sequence. The total...

Theme Mutation -definition -mutation types -mutation rates -phylogeny -controversies There are three ways of estimating the human m...

This is a lengthy conversation between Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker. It took place in Boston at the Chevalier Theatre in September 2024...

I'm reveiwing some of the contributions to Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory . In this post...

There are a bunch of people who think that evolutionary theory needs to be extensively revised. They focus their attacks on a particular (i...

The December 7th issue of New Scientist features a cover promoting an article by Kevin Lala , an evolutionary biologist at the University o...

Zack Hancock has posted a lengthy (2 hours) video explaining why Denis Noble, James Shapiro, and the rest of The Third Way of Evolution cro...

You will be surprised to hear that biological evolution is dead in the water according to the authors of a paper published in Progress in Bi...

How can you possibly be against a book devoted to refuting misinformation about Charles Darwin and his views on evolution? This is an anthol...

Zach Hancock is a postdoc in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. He has a popular YouTube channel ...

Philip Ball believes that we are in the middle of a revolution in our way of thinking about how life works. His ideas are complex but part o...

Everyone is familiar with the typical March of Progress figures that are often used to illustrate evolution. However, most people don't...

Jonathan McLatchie has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from Newcastle University (UK) and he is currently "resident biologist" and a...

The Teacher Institute for Evolutonary Science (TIES) is an organization dedicated to helping teachers explain evolution. A good teac...

Should universities remove online courses that contain incorrect or misleading information? There are lots of scientific controversies...

Philip Ball has just published a new book "How Life Works." The subtitle is "A User’s Guide to the New Biology" and that...