Showing posts with label speciation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label speciation. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 September 2009

ArsTechnica writes an awesome summary of evolution misconceptions

This list of misconceptions about evolution is actually very good for semi-mainstream press. It seems to address a very wide range of arguments that you might hear from illiterate idiots:

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/09/five-essential-things-to-know-about-evolution.ars

"A million years is a lot longer than we think it is"

Of course it is, but this article starts to put into perspective just how long a million years is compared with a single generation

"We wouldn't recognize a key transition while it was happening"

Fantastic to see someone recognise this simple fact: Species are a fairly human-defined thing. Seeing "macro-evolution" is obviously just "micro-evolution" on a grander scale. I.E., EVOLUTION.