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Keichousaurus_hui_fossil
Photo credit: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Rapid Elongation of Plesiosaur Necks Points to Intelligent Design

The breaking of the conserved number of cervical vertebrae is hard to reconcile with an unguided evolutionary mechanism. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
throne
Photo: Charles Darwin, enthroned, by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›
fruit fly
Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr.

Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by James L. Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ten Reasons Why Birds Are Not Living Dinosaurs

Natural selection can explain “the survival of the fittest but not the arrival of the fittest.” Read More ›

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