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Female scuba diver taking a photo of Hawksbill Turtle swimming over coral reef in the blue sea. Marine life and Underwater world concepts

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December 22, 2016

Categories
Ecology
Environment & Climate
Zoology
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, __nedited, conservation, endangered species, global warming, herpetology, Indonesia, jellyfish, just-so stories, Living Waters, migration, nature, reptiles, Research, sea turtles}

Sea Turtles from Pre-Turtles? No Evidence of It

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December 22, 2016

Ecology, Environment & Climate, Zoology

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Nothing about sea turtles suggests evolution from a pre-turtle by unguided natural processes. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
September 29, 2016

Categories
Zoology
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, __tedited, celebrities, just-so stories, natural selection, sexual selection}

Brangelina Fever Gets Its Own Darwinian Just-So Story

_{Jonathan Witt
September 29, 2016

Zoology

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Darwinism is so flexible that it's able to explain almost any zoological phenomenon and its opposite. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 18, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal}

Are Birdsongs Language?

_{Michael Egnor
July 18, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal personhood, common sense, David Hume, human intelligence, Jeffrey Shallit, language, Nature}

David Hume Notwithstanding, Abstract Thought in Animals Is a Myth

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Abstract thought in animals is a cultural myth at the heart of the Darwinian understanding of man. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 16, 2016

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, common ancestry, common descent, design detection, genetic similarities, human genome, junk DNA, marsupials, materialistic science, opossum, pseudogenes, software analogy, synteny, unguided natural processes, V.J. Torley}

The Opossum’s Tale: The Torley Saga, Cont.

_{Ann Gauger
June 16, 2016

Biology, Genetics, Zoology

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I'll make this simple. The evidence for synteny in opossums and chickens is good. Surprised? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
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, __tedited, biogeography, rafting, rafting animals}

Nile Crocodiles Turn Up in Florida; Did They Raft?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2016

Evolution, Zoology

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Animals rarely resort to cross-ocean seafaring except under the combined pressure of biogeography and neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 19, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, animal behavior, anti-human exceptionalism, chimpanzees, human exceptionalism, music}

Chimps “Grieve” for a Lost Loved One, Just Like People?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 19, 2016

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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As an experiment, try this. First, watch the BBC video as it's presented. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 28, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, Africa, biodiversity, biogeography, biological origins, circular causality, evolutionary assumptions, foxes, land mammals, monkeys, navigation, ocean, plausibility, rafting, rafting animals, scientific reasoning, Sherlock Holmes, South America, vegetation}

The Curious Incident of the Non-Rafting Foxes

_{David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2016

Evolution, Zoology

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It should be the facts that drive startling conclusions, not the theory that's supposed to explain the facts. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 15, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, abstract reasoning, analogy, anatomy, Animal Minds (series), anthropomorphism, concepts, Continuing Series, convergence, equality, evolutionary ethics, learning, metabolism, mind, natural selection, philosophy of mind, presuppositions, self-awareness, social status, Thomas Nagel, Tree of Life}

Animal Minds: In Search of the Minimal Self

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 15, 2016

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Can evolution explain how minds work? Probably not. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 22, 2015

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, animal behavior, animal intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, cave art, Continuing Series, crows, death, ethology, horses, instinct, intelligence, magnetite, mammals, migration, mourning, nature, nest-building, ornithology, parrots, pets, pigs, presuppositions, ravens, science}

Furry, Feathery, and Finny Animals Speak Their Minds

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 22, 2015

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Recent findings suggest that crows fear death -- many purposefully avoid places where other crows have died. Read More ›