The Great Cow

In Alex Rosenberg's article, "Why Am I a Naturalist," he talks about the origin of species and how physical processes alone produce the illusion of design. He then goes on to discuss how random variation and natural selection are the physical source of the what we believe to be the designer of nature. Slowly, the naturalistic philosophy has helped to develop ideas and conclusions about everything including adaptation and Darwinian fitness and individual-versus- group selection. The skull of the cow above represents all that Rosenberg mentions in his article. Due to adaptation and Darwinian fitness, even though Darwin's theory is still controversial to this date; the features and the way the skull of the cow has evolved represents natural adaptation clearly. Because the cow tends to eat rubbery grass, the teeth of the cow adapted over the ages and grew to become large molars that would help them to eat. Just like how the skull developed over the years, and has so much bone structure to help support the large molars. This represents how adaptation and natural selection that Rosenberg mentions in his article comes into play, according to the Darwinian theory.

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