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bacterial flagellum
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Jonathan McLatchie on Classic Examples of Irreducibly Complex Systems

Dr. McLatchie explains the “likelihood ratio” of the evidence for irreducible complexity, a top-heavy ratio he says strongly supports a design hypothesis. Read More ›
DNA
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Hierarchical Systems in Biology — DNA Packaging

It is hard to fathom that such a highly complex, hierarchical mechanism of information storage on a microscopic scale could come about purely by chance. Read More ›
Oxytricha trifallax
Ciliated Protozoa
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The Wonders of Genomic Acrobatics: Ciliated Protozoa as a Case Study

Explaining this sort of phenomenon by slight, successive modification, as Darwin envisaged, seems problematic. Read More ›
spermatogenesis

Importance of Centrobin in Sperm Development — Another Stumbling Block for Darwinism

“If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications...” Read More ›
phyllotaxis
spiral
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Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained

Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns. Read More ›

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