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dino-feather
Photo: Dinosaur feather in Burmese amber, coll. SMNS, photo G. Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Read More ›
gymnastics
Photo credit: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / Wikimedia Commons.

Balance: Bipeds Need It; Where Did It Come From?

“The calyx appeared,” says Dr. Rob Raphael. A more magical explanation could hardly be fabricated. Read More ›
chicken embryo
embryonic development
Photo: Chicken embryo, by Ben Skála (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry

Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry. Read More ›
Turtle_Solnhofen
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Dave Farina Criticizes Intelligent Design but Doesn’t Understand It

Boom! There goes the “exquisitely documented” evolution of turtles. Sorry, Professor Dave. Read More ›
Henry_at_Invercargill
Photo credit: KeresH / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).

“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published

The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises. Read More ›
Marcos Eberlin
Foresight
Photo: Marcos Eberlin, speaking in Dallas this month, by Chris Morgan.

An Unintended Endorsement of Marcos Eberlin’s New Book, Foresight

Some reviews that try to make a book look bad are so ill-informed and malicious that they actually make a good book look better. Read More ›

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