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Daphnia
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Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm

John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›
three-spine sticklebacks
Image: Three-spine stickleback, by Alexander Francis Lydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Recasting Darwin Stories into Engineering Models

Darwin gets credit by default for changes in organisms that should be seen instead as engineered products of foresight. Read More ›
first-responders
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How to Destroy Love with Darwinism

When Darwin proposed a new view of biology based on chance, he cheapened everything, including our most precious human values. Read More ›
Origin of Species
Douglas Axe
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Can Natural Reward Theory Save Natural Selection?

An evolutionist dismantles natural selection, then tries to rescue it with his own theory. It won’t work. Read More ›
Galápagos finch
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Galápagos Finches — An “Exceptionally Strong Natural-Selection Event”?

This is by no means an all-or-nothing selection (as the impression is sometimes given). Rather, the alleles are retained. Read More ›
Geospiza fortis
Photo: Geospiza fortis, by putneymark via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).

Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection?

They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.” Read More ›
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Bible. Old Testament. Creation. Genesis. God created Adam and Eve and provided all they needed in the Garden of Eden.
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“Unique Human Origins”: Explained

One scenario involves a first human pair created from scratch — Adam and Eve, as many traditional religious believers would have it. Read More ›

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