Speciation Pt.2

In this continuation of the look at speciation we began in the last episode, we will tackle some more “not so obvious” causes.   Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page...

Speciation Pt. 1

It’s been awhile since we took a look at speciation and its causes.  In the first of two parts we’ll jump right in with Allopatric speciation. Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page...

One Cell’s Junk

For decades, ever since we first began to study and understand our cell’s biology and the coding sequences of DNA, we saw bits and pieces that didn’t seem to make sense.  Strings of DNA that didn’t appear to do anything at all. It appears, they do quite a lot....

Orthogenesis

 In 1893, the German zoologist Wilhelm Haacke published  Design and Inheritance. In it, Haacke introduced the concept of orthogenesis.  According to Haacke, changes in organisms are directed toward perfection.   Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to...

Gone Forever

Consider this episode a memorial to the millions of extinct animals that once walked the earth long before we inherited it.  Like fragments of novels and poems that have been found over the years, hinting at what might have been, we have fossils and shards of bones to...