The Panda's Thumb
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The Panda's Thumb is a weblog on the creation-evolution controversy from a mainstream perspective. Nature lists it as one of the top five science blogs[1]. It is written by multiple contributors. The blog takes its name from The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould, which in turn takes its title from title essay "The Panda's Peculiar Thumb"[2], which in turn is a reference to the Panda's sesamoid bone which is an example of convergent evolution.
List of contributors
Andrea Bottaro - an immunologist and molecular biologist at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Matthew Brauer - a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. He is the author of a chapter in Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics, edited by Robert Pennock.
Ed Brayton - a businessman and co-founder of Michigan Citizens for Science. He also contributes to Positive Liberty, and has his own blog Dispatches from the Culture War.
Reed Cartwright - holds a PhD in genetics at the University of Georgia, a B.S. in genetics, and an A.B. in Latin from UGA. He maintains his own blog De Rerum Natura.
Mike Dunford - studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he is taking his B.S. in Zoology. He has a blog The Questionable Authority.
Wesley R. Elsberry - a biologist. He holds a B.S. in Zoology (U. Fl.), an M.S.C.S. (Computer Science, U. Tx. at Arlington), and a Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (Tx. A&M U.). Became the the Information Project Director for the National Center for Science Education in 2003. He has the ironically titled blog AntiEvolution.
Jim Foley - a software engineer from Canberra, Australia.
Alan Gishlick - a vertebrate paleontologist and is currently the Post Doctoral Scholar of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, CA.
Paul R. Gross - a developmental and molecular biologist, and University Professor of Life Sciences, emeritus, at the University of Virginia. He has written a number of books on the subject of Creationism.
Richard Hoppe - holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology, and is an Affiliated Scholar in Biology at Kenyon College, and CEO of Intellitrade, Inc.
Burt Humburg - a graduate of and lab assistant at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
Gary S. Hurd - holds a doctorate in Social Science from the University of California, Irvine.
Matt Inlay - a post-doc at UCSD.
Jack Krebs - the president of Kansas Citizens for Science.
John M. Lynch - an evolutionary biologist in Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, where he also is affiliated with the Institute of Human Origins, the Center for Biology & Society, and the Center for the Study of Law, Science & Technology. He has the blog Stranger Fruit.
Nicholas Matzke - a Public Information Project Specialist with the National Center for Science Education.
Ian Musgrave - a biomedical researcher and University lecturer from Australia. He has a blog Astroblog.
PZ Myers - an associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota-Morris. He also contributes to The American Street and runs the popular science blog Pharyngula.
Henry Neufeld - runs the blog Threads from Henry’s Web.
Mark Perakh - a professor of physics (emeritus). He got his two doctoral degrees (one in technical/engineering physics and the other in electrochemistry) in the former USSR.
Steve Reuland - a PhD student in biochemistry and molecular biology at the Medical University of South Carolina. Also posts at his own blog Sunbeams From Cucumbers.
Jason Rosenhouse - holds a PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College. He runs the blog, EvolutionBlog.
Timothy Sandefur - an attorney, specializing in constitutional law. He is a contributing editor for Liberty magazine. He also contributes to Positive Liberty.
Jeffrey Shallit - holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. He has the blog Recursivity.
Tara C. Smith - an assistant professor of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Yale University and a PhD in microbial pathogenesis and virulence factor regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. She has a blog Aetiology.
Dave Thomas - a physicist and mathematician, employed at a small high-tech testing firm in Albuquerque, NM. He is president of the science group New Mexicans for Science and Reason, and also is a Fellow of CSICOP (Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal), the publishers of Skeptical Inquirer. He received the National Center for Science Education’s Friend of Darwin Award in 2000.
John Wilkins - holds a PhD in philosophy of science. He has a blog Evolving Thoughts.
Matt Young - teaches physics and engineering at the Colorado School of Mines.
References
1. http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060703/full/442009a.html
2. The Panda's Peculiar Thumb
