One thing is for sure, says Dilcher, "we need to understand as much as we can about flowering plant evolution because right now we're facing a world crisis".
The truth about computing technology is it's in a far quieter and more iterative phase of evolution, because, well, the core animal has become so sleek and capable.
Matthews said that he was disappointed the debate hadn't touched on evolution, "because that always opens up a can of worms for your party".
Altruism toward non-kin occurs in evolution because there's a net benefit to all.
"They resist evolution because they think everyone will lose morals," Mr. Mooney said.
Tuchel is reluctant to speak about change and evolution because these terms imply progress, thereby denigrating the previous regime.
'Today, I get dozens of students who ask to be excused lectures on evolution because of their religious beliefs.
No Mormon need fall into the fundamentalist denial of evolution, because the Mormon God is not a creator.
We have trouble with evolution because we think of adaptation as something that individuals do in their lifetimes, not something a species does over generations.
You find certain repertories of behaviors that obviously have been placed in our biology during the history of evolution because they match certain challenges in the environment.
Dr. Ryan calls this "sensory exploitation" -- a new behavior that succeeds in evolution because it takes advantage of existing ways of perceiving the world.
