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Cambrian Explosion

In Radio Debate, Darwin’s Doubt Critic Charles Marshall Acknowledges Meyer’s Fossil Treatment Is “Good Scholarship”

It was an excellent debate, with both participants offering important insights and good arguments, though in my opinion Meyer unquestionably had the better of it. Read More ›

Unintended Consequences: How Hostile Responses to Darwin’s Doubt Turned a Thoughtful Reader Against Darwinian Evolution

A bumper sticker I've seen around in Seattle protests the War on Terror, warning that "We're making enemies faster than we can kill them..." Read More ›
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A Lapse in Watchfulness: New York Times Admits Neo-Darwinism Faces a “Paradigm Shift” Over “Failure” to Explain Body Plans

A colleague has pointed out to me a 2007 article in the Times that I hadn't previously seen. The author is Smithsonian paleobiologist Douglas H. Erwin. Read More ›

Current Biology Paper’s Assumptions and Methodology Dramatically Underestimate “Rates of Change” in the Cambrian Explosion

While Stephen Meyer pointed out this paper's most fundamental flaw, there are many other deficiencies. I focus on nine total in this article. Read More ›
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In National Review, John Farrell’s Predictable and Misleading Review of Darwin’s Doubt

Instead of addressing, or even accurately representing, Meyer's main argument for intelligent design, Farrell devotes a significant portion of his review to criticizing the book for the alleged misuse of an ellipsis. Read More ›

Darwin Defenders Love Donald Prothero’s Ranting Review of Darwin’s Doubt

We thought it was important to repost this excellent response by Casey Luskin, which serves as a decisive rebuttal to Dr. Prothero's claims. Read More ›

Does Natural Selection Leave “Detectable Statistical Evidence in the Genome”?

In Chapter 11 of Darwin's Doubt, Stephen Meyer responds extensively to critics who have claimed that the evolution of new genes is well understood. Read More ›

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