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Photo: Dubautia menziesii, by Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›
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Image: Three-spine stickleback, by Alexander Francis Lydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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cichlid fish
Photo: Cichlid fish, by Russell D. Fernald and Sabrina S. Burmeister / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5).

Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Read More ›
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cichlid fish
Photo: Cichlid fish, by Russell D. Fernald and Sabrina S. Burmeister / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5).

Cells Reach Out and Touch, Providing Evidence of Foresight and Design

Cells are equipped with sensors that recognize touch and respond accordingly. They can even reach out to other cells with nanoscopic tunnels and share parts. Read More ›
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Time to Put a Lid on Cichlid Evolution Propaganda

If cichlid evolution is a central paradigm in evolutionary biology, then Darwinism’s sphere of explanatory inference is too small to matter. Read More ›
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Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution

They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve. Read More ›
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A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2

Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms. Read More ›

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