http://evolution.freehostia.com The Course Weblog of Evolution: The Darwinian Revolutions at Cornell University (BIOEE 2070 / HIST 2870 / STS 2871) Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:31:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AUTHOR: Allen MacNeill SOURCE: Original essay (repost from The Evolution List) COMMENTARY: That's up to you... Phillip Johnson, one of the founders of the intelligent design movement, has proposed an alternative form of reasoning to that used by modern scientists. He refers to his form of reasoning as "theistic realism", while the alternative ... http://evolution.freehostia.com/2008/07/28/phillip-johnson-theistic-realism/ AUTHOR: Allen MacNeill SOURCE: The Evolution List (repost) COMMENTARY: That's up to you... I have mentioned several times in other posts that 2008 is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of the Origin of Species. Hundreds of scientific and cultural organizations are gearing up to ... http://evolution.freehostia.com/2008/07/02/day-one-of-the-evolution-revolution/ AUTHOR: Allen MacNeill SOURCE: The Evolution List (repost) COMMENTARY: That's up to you... Ever since Darwin, the primary "engine" of evolution has been considered to be natural selection. However, if one takes a closer look at this, it is clear that natural selection is not an "engine," it is an outcome. If evolution ... http://evolution.freehostia.com/2007/06/15/what-is-the-engine-of-evolution/ AUTHOR: Cornelia Dean SOURCE: New York Times COMMENTARY: Allen MacNeill In an unusual foray into electoral politics, 75 science professors at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have signed a letter endorsing a candidate for the Ohio Board of Education. The professors’ favored candidate is Tom Sawyer, a former congressman and onetime mayor of ... http://evolution.freehostia.com/2006/10/26/scientists-endorse-candidate-over-teaching-of-evolution/ AUTHOR: Christopher Ryan SOURCE: Evolutionary Psychology COMMENTARY: Allen MacNeill The following question was asked on the Evolutionary Psychology list: "...[W]e look to the EEA for the origins of the design of the human mind (modules, and so on) precisely because the structures in question change so slowly. If, on the other hand, it is ... http://evolution.freehostia.com/2006/09/29/punctuated-equilibrium-and-the-eea-for-human-behavioral-adaptations/ Evangelists Want Fossil Exhibits Kept Out Of Sight Robin McKie, science editor Sunday September 10, 2006 The Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1868955,00.html The world's most important collection of human fossils may soon be hidden from public view - if religious leaders get their way. In a move that has stunned scientists, senior clergy have demanded that the bones and ... http://evolution.freehostia.com/2006/09/14/news-item-kenya-bishop-leads-anti-evolution-fight/