Researchers who make generalizations about the effects of domestication and dog-wolf differences in the utilization of human visual signals, take note; a new study says dog breeds selected to work in…

How evolution can bridge the gap between two discrete physiological states is a question that puzzles biologists and therefore delights critics. Most evolutionary changes happen in tiny increments;…

Science is occasionally a life-threatening career choice, particularly for those scientists who risk shipwreck, starvation, disease, and large, arctic carnivores to unlock the mysteries of the life's…

It's not a secret to you if you have watched football for the last 40 years;  a guy once almost big enough to be a linebacker can't even be a safety today.   Elite athletes are getting…

Speciation, where different populations of the same species split into separate species, is central to understanding evolution. As would be expected in a complex process like evolution, it's…

Do our genomes look designed? Let's address this point, hoisted from the comments of this post: Actually, shared genetics between chimps and humans is agnostic with respect to evolution or "…

I’ve been prompted to write this because of the misconceptions about the concept of the “Selfish Gene” in Evolutionary theory – evident in both blog replies on this site and more widely. I get really…

Possibly one of my biggest issues with the way evolutionary theory is described in the social sciences today is the characterization of evolutionary biology as somehow being based on the same…

In light of the popularity of this piece, here are some things to keep in mind about 'selfish' genes: 1. The basic issue is about the unit of selection - does natural selection choose allele,…

Parasites don't get a lot of respect these days but we may have to reconsider that.  In spite of their nasty reputation, they may have given us the joy of sex. What's so great about sex? If you…