Sunday, December 30, 2018

Everything you always wanted to know about my favorite scientist.

Wikipedia - Jerry Coyne

Rational Wiki - Jerry Coyne

Coyne lists the following evidence for evolution, as detailed in his book and elsewhere:[15]

Fossil record
Embryology
Molecular biology
Presence of vestigial organs
Biogeography
Sequence similarity between species that are also observed as a time-dependent change in junk DNA

Transitional fossils provide rich evidence for evolution.[16] Charles Darwin predicted such fossils in 1859, and those later identified as such include:[15]
Tiktaalik (transition between fish and amphibians)
Ichthyostega (transition between amphibians and reptiles)
Mammal-like reptiles (not classified one or the other)
Archaeopteryx (transition between reptiles and birds)
Ambulocetus (transition between land mammals and whales)
Early human fossils with ape-like skulls
Series of terrestrial fossils between land animals and whales

The evidence not only includes these transitional fossils but the fact that they occur in the fossil record at times between their putative ancestors and their more modern relatives.[15]

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