Skeptophilia

One of the most intriguing sets of life forms I've ever heard of is the Ediacaran Assemblage . It dates from the late Precambrian Era --...

Although you don't tend to hear much about it, the Ordovician Period was a very peculiar time in Earth's history. From beginning (4...

One of the most common misconceptions about evolution is that it is goal-oriented. You hear it all the time.  Giraffes evolved longer necks ...

One of the more puzzling aspects of evolutionary theory is the phenomenon of peripheral isolates . This term refers to widely-separated popu...

"If humans came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?" If there is one phrase that makes me want to throw a chair across the ...

One of the most curious features of evolutionary biology is the cui bono principle . Cui bono?  is Latin for "who benefits?" and i...

George Wynn Brereton Huntingford was a British anthropologist, linguist, and historian, who traveled widely and was famed for his perceptiv...

When I first became interested in paleontology, I think what came as the biggest surprise was how many lineages had become completely extinc...

One of the many things I find fascinating about the evolutionary model is how different lineages can happen on the same "solution"...