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comb jelly
Photo: A comb jelly, by Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Earliest Comb Jellies Wore Armor — “Remarkable,” Say Researchers

It would be surprising, under an evolutionary view, to find such a complex system in the earliest animal fossils. Read More ›
trilobites
Photo: Trilobites, by Kevin Walsh [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

FAQ: The Cambrian Explosion Is Real, and It Is a Problem for Evolution

An email correspondent who is friendly to intelligent design (ID) recently wrote us asking how to respond to common objections to ID arguments about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
trilobite
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
flat-fish
Photo: A flat-fish, by Kevin Mc Loughlin via Pixabay .

Darwin’s Top 10 Arguments Against His Own Theory

In its youth the flat-fish is symmetrical with one eye on each side. However, as the body matures, one eye “begins to glide slowly round the head.” Read More ›
power lines
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A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications

To see why, we must remember that muscles first appear in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: Björn Wylezich on Adobe Stock.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Cites Stephen Meyer to Critique Darwinian Evolution

"Many life forms with essentially new body types appeared quickly and without precursors in the Burgess Shale in Kicking Horse Valley in British Columbia." Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Peer-Reviewed Paper: “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›
Opabinia regalis
Photo: Fossil of Opabinia regalis, a Cambrian animal, by Jstuby at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Read More ›
jellyfish
Photo credit: Timo Volz via Unsplash.

Secrets that Give Sea Lions and Jellyfish Their Edge as Swimmers

The world’s best human designers are attempting to build machines to mimic what these animals “naturally do. Read More ›
sponges
Photo credit: Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Read More ›

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