it’s very much the “microevolution is real and macroevolution is fake” thing that creationists do
July 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
it’s very much the “microevolution is real and macroevolution is fake” thing that creationists do
With respect to the subject of the evolution of species-- there is NO SUCH THING as "microevolution" or "macroevolution".
THERE IS ONLY EVOLUTION.
That is all.
THERE IS ONLY EVOLUTION.
That is all.
February 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
With respect to the subject of the evolution of species-- there is NO SUCH THING as "microevolution" or "macroevolution".
THERE IS ONLY EVOLUTION.
That is all.
THERE IS ONLY EVOLUTION.
That is all.
We have exciting new rhetorical tactics emerging around this stuff! It's important to recognize them and call them out.
This is very similar to a creationist approach. No amount of "microevolution" is "macroevolution", and therefore evolution isn't real.
This is very similar to a creationist approach. No amount of "microevolution" is "macroevolution", and therefore evolution isn't real.
May 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
We have exciting new rhetorical tactics emerging around this stuff! It's important to recognize them and call them out.
This is very similar to a creationist approach. No amount of "microevolution" is "macroevolution", and therefore evolution isn't real.
This is very similar to a creationist approach. No amount of "microevolution" is "macroevolution", and therefore evolution isn't real.
Review from @maureenmkearney.bsky.social at al. Tangled banks, braided rivers, and complex hierarchies: beyond microevolution and macroevolution 🧪 academic.oup.com/jeb/article-...
Tangled banks, braided rivers, and complex hierarchies: beyond microevolution and macroevolution
Abstract. Ever since the Modern Synthesis, a debate about the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution has persisted—specifically, whether th
academic.oup.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Review from @maureenmkearney.bsky.social at al. Tangled banks, braided rivers, and complex hierarchies: beyond microevolution and macroevolution 🧪 academic.oup.com/jeb/article-...
Any multicellular creature absolutely can develop cancer, which in its essence is just the fall of cooperation and re-emergence of selfishness at cellular level by means of sub-microevolution.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but sharks absolutely get cancer.
Even if sharks didn’t get cancer, eating shark wouldn’t cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
(Images of shark tumors from Andrew Fox, via a NBC News article)
Even if sharks didn’t get cancer, eating shark wouldn’t cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
(Images of shark tumors from Andrew Fox, via a NBC News article)
March 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Any multicellular creature absolutely can develop cancer, which in its essence is just the fall of cooperation and re-emergence of selfishness at cellular level by means of sub-microevolution.
Atavism, microevolution in an environment selecting for breaking cohesion, all while operating with the same code but losing all regulation
June 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Atavism, microevolution in an environment selecting for breaking cohesion, all while operating with the same code but losing all regulation
That there's a distinction between "microevolution" and "macroevolution."
December 31, 2024 at 10:40 PM
That there's a distinction between "microevolution" and "macroevolution."
Very interesting new paper about abolishing the 'micro- vs. macroevolution' divide by @maureenmkearney.bsky.social, @bruceslieberman.bsky.social, & Luke Strotz!
Tangled banks, braided rivers, and complex hierarchies: beyond microevolution and macroevolution
Abstract. Ever since the Modern Synthesis, a debate about the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution has persisted—specifically, whether th
academic.oup.com
June 25, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Very interesting new paper about abolishing the 'micro- vs. macroevolution' divide by @maureenmkearney.bsky.social, @bruceslieberman.bsky.social, & Luke Strotz!
Microevolution among bacterial strains is fascinating, but there's reasons I didn't pursue microbiology after my undergrad.
February 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Microevolution among bacterial strains is fascinating, but there's reasons I didn't pursue microbiology after my undergrad.
Stephen J Gould (1985) talked about the "tiers of time" with macroevolutionary dynamics distinct from short-time microevolution.
But did you know that macroevolution itself shows qualitatively different dynamics at different time scales?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪 #EvoBio #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
But did you know that macroevolution itself shows qualitatively different dynamics at different time scales?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪 #EvoBio #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
January 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Stephen J Gould (1985) talked about the "tiers of time" with macroevolutionary dynamics distinct from short-time microevolution.
But did you know that macroevolution itself shows qualitatively different dynamics at different time scales?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪 #EvoBio #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
But did you know that macroevolution itself shows qualitatively different dynamics at different time scales?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪 #EvoBio #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
Bever et al. (2026, The American Naturalist)
Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution
doi.org/10.1086/740891
Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution
doi.org/10.1086/740891
Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
February 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Bever et al. (2026, The American Naturalist)
Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution
doi.org/10.1086/740891
Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution
doi.org/10.1086/740891
4 years ago, @anjaligupta.bsky.social spent a summer in Lund and collected amazing data of #damselflies. Now, the data/results are published doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... @jevbio.bsky.social ky.social. My highlight: we proposed a way to relate present-day selection #microevolution with #macroevolution.
May 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
4 years ago, @anjaligupta.bsky.social spent a summer in Lund and collected amazing data of #damselflies. Now, the data/results are published doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... @jevbio.bsky.social ky.social. My highlight: we proposed a way to relate present-day selection #microevolution with #macroevolution.
They believe in Social Darwinism but not Actual Darwinism. Those who even bother to think about it probably justify it as believing in “microevolution” but not “macroevolution”, which is basically like believing in inches but not miles.
August 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
They believe in Social Darwinism but not Actual Darwinism. Those who even bother to think about it probably justify it as believing in “microevolution” but not “macroevolution”, which is basically like believing in inches but not miles.
But in some respects it's quite dangerous and leads to quite problematic conclusions, like the sharp line that some creationists want to draw between "microevolution" and "macroevolution". The first is fine, they say—sure, populations change over time...
May 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
But in some respects it's quite dangerous and leads to quite problematic conclusions, like the sharp line that some creationists want to draw between "microevolution" and "macroevolution". The first is fine, they say—sure, populations change over time...
Thrilled to share our new @natcomms.nature.com paper “Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans” with @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social!
Read more ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@pasteur.fr #GenomicEpidemiology #Zoonoses #OneHealth
Read more ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@pasteur.fr #GenomicEpidemiology #Zoonoses #OneHealth
Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans - Nature Communications
This study reveals prior undetected transmission events of Corynebacterium ulcerans, suggesting pets play an intermediary role between wildlife and humans. Two main sublineages were identified, showin...
www.nature.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thrilled to share our new @natcomms.nature.com paper “Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans” with @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social!
Read more ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@pasteur.fr #GenomicEpidemiology #Zoonoses #OneHealth
Read more ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@pasteur.fr #GenomicEpidemiology #Zoonoses #OneHealth
#ESHE2025
Aida Gomez-Robles ‘Linking microevolution, macroevolution and genetics to elucidate craniofacial diversification in great apes and humans’
GMM: ape neurofacial levels of intra vs inter spp variation
Humans: evolving exceptionally fast!
>>morph disparity in great apes than gibbons
lovely🥰
Aida Gomez-Robles ‘Linking microevolution, macroevolution and genetics to elucidate craniofacial diversification in great apes and humans’
GMM: ape neurofacial levels of intra vs inter spp variation
Humans: evolving exceptionally fast!
>>morph disparity in great apes than gibbons
lovely🥰
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#ESHE2025
Aida Gomez-Robles ‘Linking microevolution, macroevolution and genetics to elucidate craniofacial diversification in great apes and humans’
GMM: ape neurofacial levels of intra vs inter spp variation
Humans: evolving exceptionally fast!
>>morph disparity in great apes than gibbons
lovely🥰
Aida Gomez-Robles ‘Linking microevolution, macroevolution and genetics to elucidate craniofacial diversification in great apes and humans’
GMM: ape neurofacial levels of intra vs inter spp variation
Humans: evolving exceptionally fast!
>>morph disparity in great apes than gibbons
lovely🥰
What can #population-level processes tell us about large-scale #biodiversity? 🧵:
1/8 A key question in #evolutionary #biology: Can we predict how quickly lineages diversify (#speciation rates) based on #traits observable at the population level?
#microevolution #macroevolution
1/8 A key question in #evolutionary #biology: Can we predict how quickly lineages diversify (#speciation rates) based on #traits observable at the population level?
#microevolution #macroevolution
March 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What can #population-level processes tell us about large-scale #biodiversity? 🧵:
1/8 A key question in #evolutionary #biology: Can we predict how quickly lineages diversify (#speciation rates) based on #traits observable at the population level?
#microevolution #macroevolution
1/8 A key question in #evolutionary #biology: Can we predict how quickly lineages diversify (#speciation rates) based on #traits observable at the population level?
#microevolution #macroevolution
"Microevolution is real but there is no such thing as macroevolution, which are different processes for reasons"
April 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"Microevolution is real but there is no such thing as macroevolution, which are different processes for reasons"
New research shows microevolution can be used to predict how evolution works on much longer timescales – Phys.org | #Evolution | MORE at EcoSearch
May 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Attempts to predict macroevolution from microevolution, and microevolution from macroevolution, when natural selection is the main cause have met with varying success
Variable success in linking micro and macroevolution 🧪
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
Variable success in linking micro and macroevolution 🧪
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
September 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Attempts to predict macroevolution from microevolution, and microevolution from macroevolution, when natural selection is the main cause have met with varying success
Variable success in linking micro and macroevolution 🧪
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
Variable success in linking micro and macroevolution 🧪
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
This is shaped exactly like the creationist attempts to distinguish microevolution from macroevolution.
September 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This is shaped exactly like the creationist attempts to distinguish microevolution from macroevolution.
Somewhere between Reaganomics and Mar-a-Lago, microevolution took a wrong turn toward the worst traits: fear, spite, love of guns and the inability to pronounce 'nuance' without spitting. If humans are around long enough, we will be two different species.
June 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Somewhere between Reaganomics and Mar-a-Lago, microevolution took a wrong turn toward the worst traits: fear, spite, love of guns and the inability to pronounce 'nuance' without spitting. If humans are around long enough, we will be two different species.
Original hierarchical take on the evolution with discussion and critique of many other hierarchical approaches (including of yours's truly😉)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
“a new evolutionary model called “Hierarchical Evolutionary-Developmental Theory” or “H-Evo-DevoTheory”
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
“a new evolutionary model called “Hierarchical Evolutionary-Developmental Theory” or “H-Evo-DevoTheory”
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
May 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Original hierarchical take on the evolution with discussion and critique of many other hierarchical approaches (including of yours's truly😉)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
“a new evolutionary model called “Hierarchical Evolutionary-Developmental Theory” or “H-Evo-DevoTheory”
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
“a new evolutionary model called “Hierarchical Evolutionary-Developmental Theory” or “H-Evo-DevoTheory”
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how pollinators, flower color, and spatial factors drive microevolution in a Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum charidemi.
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
@mheuertz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @pablovargas1111.bsky.social
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
@mheuertz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @pablovargas1111.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how pollinators, flower color, and spatial factors drive microevolution in a Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum charidemi.
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
@mheuertz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @pablovargas1111.bsky.social
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
@mheuertz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @pablovargas1111.bsky.social