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  1. painted wolf

    Evolution and Creation, are both wrong?

    You're kidding right... homeopathy as a replacement for evolution? wa:do
  2. painted wolf

    Has sexual selection been refuted?

    Come now... we all know it should be referred to as the va-jay-jay. :tsk: wa:do
  3. painted wolf

    Genetic assimilation finally proven?

    I think you need to read further to find the humor. Some subjects are allowed a rather light tone. You may actually find much of the site quite amusing as well as informative. wa:do
  4. painted wolf

    Genetic assimilation finally proven?

    Interesting, but I'm having a hard time with figuring out how this is different from what we already know about phenotypic plasticity and eppigenetics. wa:do
  5. painted wolf

    Has sexual selection been refuted?

    There are just as many example supporting sexual selection as refuting it. Not every trait is selected for via. hard sexual selection... but that doesn't mean that no traits are. Very few traits serve a single purpose (sex) most pull double (sex,social signal) or triple (sex, social and...
  6. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    Laws are really just mathematical constructs that describe simple mechanics. Evolution does have a lot of mathematics to describe it's mechanics, but it's not a purely mathematical discipline. wa:do
  7. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    there are lot's of rules in evolution. Some examples include: Hardy-Weinberg Mendel's laws of inheritance Differential fitness Metabolic scaling Bergman's rule Cope's rule Just for example. wa:do
  8. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    One of the ironies of entropy is that a certain amount of order is actually good for it. Entropy is not the exact same thing as chaos. wa:do
  9. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    This is a mystery... but I'm not sure it's "the biggest". Most likely replication started before life did... viruses and prions are both non-living replicators and experiments show that certain molecules can self-replicate under the proper conditions. Relatively simple RNA sequences can...
  10. painted wolf

    Non-Darwinian evolution, the new synthesis?

    Rusra won't understand that. Nor do I think he will care to. wa:do
  11. painted wolf

    hopeful monsters are real

    No... as I said the actual term "hopeful monster" isn't really used because it's both misunderstood and flawed. The fact you ignore that part of my post is not my problem. "Hopeful monsters" are discussed just not under that designation.
  12. painted wolf

    What's playing on your TV right now?

    I have to admit, I find it terribly cute. :p wa:do
  13. painted wolf

    What's playing on your TV right now?

    Pocoyo wa:do
  14. painted wolf

    hopeful monsters are real

    Speciation via polyploidy and endosymbiotic events are examples of the "hopeful monster" concept and is covered in every reputable book on general biology. As well as any intro book on evolution, genetics and botany. For example both are discussed in length in the following: Biology: 7th ed...
  15. painted wolf

    Evolution and Creation, are both wrong?

    I think you should study a bit more about what evolution actually is.... and which creationist claims are hoaxes vs. which ones are misrepresentations. wa:do
  16. painted wolf

    hopeful monsters are real

    It's much easier to attack a strawman of what evolution was like almost half a century ago, than what evolution actually says today. :cool: wa:do
  17. painted wolf

    hopeful monsters are real

    Actually the reality of "hopeful monsters" has been accepted for quite some time. Evo Devo is an accepted part of modern evolution. Hell, we covered the subject in my introductory courses when I was going for my Bachelors. And in more detail in specific classes on evolution and genetics. I...
  18. painted wolf

    Evolutionary mechanisms more important than natural selection?

    That doesn't make any sense... One, selection can be measured. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of papers on the subject. Two, a mechanism isn't physical thing... a mechanism is a process that drives the outcome of a particular event. Genetic Drift isn't a material component. That...
  19. painted wolf

    A 125 sq. ft. home in Colorado

    Our family dream is to build a tiny house to live in... or a "small" house (under 1000 sq.ft.). wa:do
  20. painted wolf

    Evolutionary mechanisms more important than natural selection?

    Selection can be random. It's still debated how much of a role random selective events play in evolution, but it's not insignificant. wa:do
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