Evolution Talk

13:42 | Feb 2nd

As a kid I was fascinated by the idea of cavemen.  Of course, all I had to go on were a few porrply produced movies that depicted cavemen battling dinosaurs, which of course never happened.  I even ow...Show More

11:55 | Jan 5th

Many years ago, in 1977, astonomer and author Carl Sagan offered us the concept of a “Cosmic Calendar” in his book The Dragons of Eden.  It’s a fun thought experiment in which you take the entire hisr...Show More

12:54 | Dec 22nd, 2020

It's time to look at fossil dating again!  The last episode mentioned two dating methods used to estimate how old the Homo Naledi bones found the Rising Star cave system might be. To do so, researcher...Show More

13:27 | Dec 8th, 2020

Quite a few episodes back, I produced a show that looked at a new hominin species discovered in 2013. This history-changing discovery happened when paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, assisted by cavers R...Show More

11:23 | Nov 24th, 2020

Natural selection isn't perfect. It only cares that something works. If it works and is not harmful to its host, then that something is passed on.     For show notes and more, please visit https://Evo...Show More

12:38 | Nov 10th, 2020

There is more than random mutations when it comes to evolution by natural selection. You also have to look at other variables outside of a genetic mutation. Variables such as the environment the organ...Show More

01:57 | Nov 3rd, 2020

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11:07 | Oct 27th, 2020

Evolution by Natural Selection is a beautiful theory.  But as wonderful a theory as it is, it does have its detractors.  One argument states that evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics.  ...Show More