You are here
Natural History
Darwin’s Phylogenetic Reasoning
Darwin claimed that similarity is evidence for common ancestry, and that adaptive similarities provide weaker evidence than neutral or deleterious similarities. He also used phylogenetic trees to reason critically about adaptive hypotheses. In this talk I'll analyze his bits of reasoning and describe frameworks for evaluating their correctness.
Eleanor Lutz wins NSF Vizzie Award!
Dee Boersma on returning chicks in NYT
Jared Grummer investigates impact of dams on coastal tailed frogs
A Visual Guide to Venus by Eleanor Lutz
Prof. Sidor comments on an ancient viviparity reptile
Wilson and DeMar find a prized lizard fossil
Sam Wasser on poaching in the Smithsonian
A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the southern sky islands of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
Submitted by Jared-Grummer on
Pages
