Sunday, March 10, 2013

Philosophy Wire: Dust, reversible evolution, new ideas…

dustPhilosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-03-10]: It seems that Dollo’s law is not valid. Scientists have found a case of reversible evolution in the dust of our houses. [source: Science News] If reversible evolution is possible, then how can we be certain of where we are in the evolutionary path? Could it be that we are the “bacteria” and the bacteria are the “humans”?

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