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Fake Darwinism in an International Test of Experimental Evolution 

It’s fine to search through random results for an outcome you’re aiming for. Just don’t call it Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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How the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Harnessed Intelligent Design

There is one point of confusion in descriptions of this year’s prize winners. It’s the talk of “directed evolution.” Read More ›
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Wikipedia on Hunter’s Civic Biology

Of course, there’s a page on the subject, and you guessed it, they deceptively minimize the theme of eugenics and racism in the book. Read More ›
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Golden Retriever Looking Out Of Car Window

No, Your Dog Is Not a Barking Exemplar of Macroevolution

They are yet another evolutionary icon that Jonathan Wells, perhaps in his next book, could handily leash and take for a walk. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin's study, courtesy of Wellcome Trust, [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Was Darwin a Scholar or a Pitchman?

You read a great deal about Darwin's scientific method and meticulousness as a student of nature, but that's not exactly scholarship. Read More ›

Proving Evolution, Doggy-Breeding Style

I admit it: I’m something of a Snoop Dogg fan. We’re from the same hometown, went to the same high school, and Snoop is basically revered like a god among my hometown friends. In Snoop’s words, “I’m somewhat brain boggled” by a recent press release issued by Darwinist researchers at the University of Manchester who are claiming that evolution is supported because “changes to the shape of [the St Bernard] breed’s head over the years can only be explained through evolution and natural selection.” And what is their evidence for “evolution and natural selection”? You have to see this to believe it: “over time … breeders selected dogs that had the desired physical attributes. … we can be confident that Read More ›

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