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Photo: Palawan swiftlets can hunt in the dark, another example of echolocation attributed to convergent evolution, along with bats, dolphins, and whales; by Andrea Giovanni Murachelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lee Spetner’s Critique of Convergent Evolution

We bring you the last of three interviews with MIT-trained physicist Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old. Read More ›
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Lee Spetner on What Natural Selection Can Do — And What It Can’t

Dr Spetner also explores aspects of population genetics and the constraints the Earth’s history imposes. Read More ›
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Photo: Monarch butterfly, by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›
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Photo: Australian honeyeater, by JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›
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Photo: Cafe Darwin, by Nathan Jacobson.

Listen: Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

ID the Future explores key arguments from Dr. Spetner’s books Not by Chance and The Evolution Revolution. Read More ›
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Why Neo-Darwinism Is Less than a Theory

Lee Spetner also argues that, contrary to Darwinist propaganda, the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria demonstrates a loss of information rather than a gain. Read More ›
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Photo: J.P. Moreland, at a launch event today for book Theistic Evolution, in Providence, R.I., by Doug Axe.

Philosopher J.P. Moreland on Theistic Evolution

What does the new book have to offer the perplexed today that previous works don't? Read More ›
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“Convergent Evolution Is Even More Improbable than Evolution Itself”

Lee Spetner says of convergent evolution that it explains nothing but is simply a case of “giving a name to our ignorance.” Read More ›

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