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Sanger Sequencing. 3D illustration of a method of DNA sequencing.
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The Genetic Code: Two More Levels of Optimization

We have surveyed multiple levels at which the genetic code, far from a “frozen accident,” appears highly optimized across multiple independent constraints. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: The Other Intelligent Designer(s)?

Who thought of a clotting cascade just in case there’s bleeding? Who thought of an antibody system? Read More ›
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Researchers: What’s Evolutionary Debris to You Is Unexplored Territory to Us

From a new, open-access article, “Implications of the first complete human genome assembly.” Read More ›
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Forbidden Question: Common Descent or Common Design?

Think of cars. A Tesla and a Cadillac share many features — but of course, none of that means that Teslas blindly evolved from Cadillacs, or vice versa. Read More ›
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Phylogenetic Conflict Is Common and the “Hierarchy” Is Far from “Perfect”

It’s simply false for Dawkins to claim that when you compare genes of different animals, they “fall on a perfectly hierarchy — a perfect family tree.” Read More ›
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Peppered Hares — An Emerging Evolutionary Icon

Some hares turn white in winter where it’s snowy, but remain brown in winter where it’s mild. What does that have to do with Darwinian evolution? Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and the Mysterious Origin of De Novo Genes

A final case where biologist Dennis Venema deals with evidence that is irrelevant to the existence of Adam and Eve is his claim about ORFan genes. Read More ›

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