MetaFilter posts tagged with fish and evolution

eyevolution

Pants! — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:09:11 -0800

Although the evolution of the eye is often pointed to by evolution's skeptics as evidence of design, biologists have been quick to point out evidence to the contrary. Today, Julian Partridge of Bristol University's Ecology of Vision Research Unit has brought to light evidence of a Pacific fish that has evolved biological mirrors for navigating murky water.

The Wandering Eye (Pleuronectiformes, We Hardly Knew You)

chuckdarwin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:33:07 -0800

A University of Chicago doctoral candidate has shown that the evolution of the flatfish was much more gradual than previously thought.

Strange New Fish May See Like Humans

chuckdarwin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:35:24 -0800

A fish with forward facing eyes has been discovered in Indonesia. University of Washington fish expert Ted Pietsch thinks that the fish is probably a member of a previously undiscovered family of lure-less anglerfish.

prolific — Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:38:12 -0800

And thanks to all the fish? British researchers say fans of loud music may be responding to a 'pleasure-inducing hearing mechanism' passed down through evolution from fish to humans. Well, slap me with a large trout!