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Photo credit: Nathan Rupert, via Flickr (cropped).

Engineering-Based Models Better Explain the Pattern of Nature than Does Common Ancestry

Eyes with lenses are believed to have evolved independently multiple times, but all evolutionary scenarios face insurmountable barriers. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design

If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration. Read More ›
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Mistakes Our Critics Make: Limits of Evolutionary Processes

The evolution of many complex traits, such as echo location in whales, requires the modification or creation of numerous proteins, physical structures, and neural connections. Read More ›
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BIO-Complexity Presents Better Model than Common Ancestry for Explaining Pattern of Nature

One of the central pillars of the standard evolutionary model is the belief that all living species evolved from a common ancestor through a gradually unfolding tree of life. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and Doug Axe’s Research on the Evolution of New Protein Folds

Douglas Axe is a protein scientist who has published work on the rarity of new protein folds by doing research on beta-lactamase enzymes. Read More ›

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