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Photo credit: MCDinosaurhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Did Giant Dinosaurs Swim Across Oceans?

More rafting animals! Who cares about probability or empirical evidence, when a simple just-so-story can do the job? Read More ›
pandas
Photo credit: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?

Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not. Read More ›
Eurotamandua
Photo: <I>Eurotamandua joresi</I> holotype, by Günter Bechly 2009.

Fossil Friday: Eurotamandua — Anteater or Not Even Close?

Darwinists have to appeal to the ad hoc hypothesis of convergent adaptation to similar lifestyles, which of course increases their problem. Read More ›
Hoatzin
Photo credit: Kate from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Bizarre Bird” Highlights the Problem of Biogeography

While hoatzins are bad at flying, evolutionists have been forced to credit these birds with some impressive rafting — unbelievably impressive. Read More ›
Rafting monkey
Photo: Rafting monkey, by Jdlrobson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Return of the Rafting Monkeys: Why Biogeography Is No Friend of Common Descent

Evolutionists have to propose, for instance, that Old World monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America on a natural raft. Read More ›
whale skeleton
Photo credit: t4berlin, via Pixabay.

Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. Read More ›
Tom Bethell
Tom Bethell
Photo: Tom Bethell, via Discovery Institute.

Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell

I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning "House of God." Read More ›
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In Just Eight Minutes, New Video Punctures Evolution’s Circular “Homology” Argument

The video was developed in an ingenious way by its creator, writer, and animator. And who is that? I can’t share that information with you. Read More ›
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Fossil Turaco Is Yet Another Failed Biogeographical Prediction for Neo-Darwinism

Evolutionists love to boast about the predictive power of their theory. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guy Kawasaki [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Rafting Stormy Waters: When Biogeography Contradicts Common Ancestry

The orderly pattern of biogeographic distribution of plants and animals was one of the lines of evidence that Charles Darwin mentioned in support of his theory. Read More ›

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