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Michael-Denton
Photo: Michael Denton, by Daniel Reeves.

Has Michael Denton “Recanted” His Critiques of Darwinian Evolution?

Obviously, in asking about someone’s view on “evolution,” the answer depends very much on how you define that notoriously multivalent word. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Neanderthals Were a Lot More Like Humans than We Realize

There’s still much we don’t know and the evidence is sparse — due in part to the fact that Neanderthals probably had a relatively small overall population size. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx Berlin specimen, M Jorge Guimaraes via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils

Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions. Read More ›
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Photo: Dinosaur feather in Burmese amber, coll. SMNS, photo G. Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Read More ›
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Sandgrouse Takes the Royal Society to Design School

Episode guest Brian Miller talks with host Casey Luskin about the details of the ingenious design. Read More ›
Feather
Photo copyright: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Waiting Time Problem for Feathers

Wherever you look in the history of life you stumble upon overwhelming evidence for design. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by H. Raab (User: Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Natanael Vieira via Unsplash.

Listen: Scale-to-Feather Evolution Doesn’t Fly

Giberson and Collins point to the feather as a prime example of a novel feature arising via blind evolution. Read More ›
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Wise Oysters, Galloping Sea Stars, and More: Biological Marvels Keep Coming

There is more going on in biology than is dreamt of in materialist philosophy.  Read More ›

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