Dissecting a flying pterothingy 26 Mar 2009 It’s true! Dinosaurs still exist. John Conway dissected a Rhamphorhyncus, and drew what he saw, here. I had “dinosaur” in the title but as Chris points out, that’s a bad error, like calling a mammal a turtle. Damn, I’m not having much luck. Not a pteranodon then… Evolution Humor Species and systematics
Evolution New Carnival of Evolution 2 Nov 2010 Click on the button to go read lots of evolving goodness. Read More
Biology Ranking 24 Aug 2010 A diversion in the natural classification series. In natural classification, we typically do not find that patterns due to the process of historical causation come arrayed neatly in boxes within boxes, and yet one of the most common temptations is for classifiers to set up fixed ranks. The Linnaean scheme… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Roundup – not just for weeds! 13 Sep 2008 Here is a roundup of links and stuff that I don’t have time to blog on right now. A. C. Grayling replies in a piece of beautiful snark to Steve Fuller’s response to his review of Dissent over Descent. Thony is not permitted to point out any further historical inaccuracies…… Read More