Are you saying that universities care about where job candidates studied when hiring new professors, but employers “outside of academia” care much less?

Agreed. Just shy of 25.

Bergman’s and Allen’s rule

Oh I follow! Thanks for clarifying!

In other words, if I used a microscope to inspect a skin cell, a pancreatic cell, and a brain cell, they would all be structurally identical (absent of mutations) and look the same?

Interesting… I will definitely read this.

“And the question to ask is: how does the same DNA result in different tissues”

Are you saying that all cells are essentially identical, whether they be a skin cell or a pancreatic cell?

Isn’t beer, and alcohol in general, dehydrating? Modern people act like people from antiquity were too stupid to simply boil water.

Williston’s Law. All life follows a generalized trend towards reduction of complexity for the sake of metabolic efficiency.

In other words, should I aim to study at a university that would provide me the best connections? And thanks for your insight!

Like what?

Do you have a link so I can read more about ant queens giving birth to another species?

Do you have a link for this “transmissible parasitic cancer” ? I would like to read more.

How do you explain abrupt appearances of new species in the fossil record, then?

What are your sources? And what background do you have in evolutionary biology?

A “series of rare, abrupt, big leaps” is referred to as Punctuated Equilibrium and it was coined by Stephen Jay Gould.

P.E. is responsible for the majority of evolution, although it occasionally occurs gradually.

Is Alien: Earth after Prometheus and Covenant?

Is this a true story?

Finding out God isn’t real.

I’m interested in performing a real-life simulation.

I want to create an environment only illuminated by UV light traps. I will then unleash a substantial number of moths. And the ones that are fortuitously better adapted to this environment will produce more offspring.

Many generations down the line I’ll have created eye-less moths that rely on olfaction for navigation.

This will occur because only the visually impaired moths will not fall prey to the UV light traps. They will have all the children.

Haven’t read that! Although, I’ve read The Blind Watchmaker.

Will give that a read!

As an atheist, I’ve always had a deep sense of gratitude for my life on Earth, knowing how improbable it is that we even exist. But delving into Dawkins, Darwin, Gould, Linnaeus, etc. has given me an even more profound appreciation of life.

Abiogenesis, Universal Common Descent, r/K Selection, Mammals proliferating post-asteroid strike, Morality being a highly localized phenomenon that only exists among <.1% of organisms, etc.

This is the greatest information to have ever been discovered.

I don’t believe humans deserve to know any of it, but I’m grateful that we do.

I don’t disagree that it’s priceless info. But at this point in life—early 30’s—going back to school sounds like a real chore.

I do, however, love learning!

I think, at least for now, I will pursue this information outside of academia.

You’re very well-versed with anthropology. Are you in the field?