{"id":785,"date":"2008-11-12T18:36:06","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T22:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=785"},"modified":"2008-12-29T21:55:58","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T02:55:58","slug":"evolutions-new-wrinkle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Evolution’s New Wrinkle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of Princeton University scientists<\/a> has discovered that chains of proteins found in most living organisms act like adaptive machines, possessing the ability to control their own evolution. The research, which appears to offer evidence of a hidden mechanism guiding the way biological organisms respond to the forces of natural selection, provides a new perspective on evolution, the scientists said.<\/p>\n

“The discovery answers an age-old question that has puzzled biologists since the time of Darwin: How can organisms be so exquisitely complex, if evolution is completely random, operating like a ‘blind watchmaker’?” said Chakrabarti, an associate research scholar in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton. “Our new theory extends Darwin’s model, demonstrating how organisms can subtly direct aspects of their own evolution to create order out of randomness.”<\/p>\n

Another instance where “nature” is the intelligent designer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A team of Princeton University scientists has discovered that chains of proteins found in most living organisms act like adaptive machines, possessing the ability to control their own evolution. 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