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Chacma_baboon_(Papio_ursinus_griseipes)_male_head
Photo credit: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Wild Baboons Fail the Mirror Self-Awareness Test

In a video, it seems clear that not one of the animals recognizes that the figure in the mirror is a reflection of itself. Read More ›
protist
Photo credit: Andreas Drews, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Protists Add to the Cambrian Explosion

Not even the tiniest and most abundant organisms seem to confirm the gradualist predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
Afrosoricida
Photo: Diamantochloris inconcessus, Eocene, Namibia, combined after Pickford 2018 figs. 1 and 3, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›
Macroscelidea
Photo: <I>Namasengi mockeae</I>, mandible, Eocene, Namibia, from fig. 11 in Senut & Pickford 2021, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea

Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›
Hoatzin
Photo credit: Kate from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Bizarre Bird” Highlights the Problem of Biogeography

While hoatzins are bad at flying, evolutionists have been forced to credit these birds with some impressive rafting — unbelievably impressive. Read More ›
Head_of_Samar_west_Desert_Kite
Photo credit: Guy.Baroz, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design Inference: Stone Structures Were Intelligently Arranged, Though We Don’t Know by Whom

There are hundreds of these structures. They extend over much of the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Read More ›
Fireworks over Seattle
fireworks
Photo credit: Shannon Kringen from Seattle [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2021: Cambrian Explosion Goes Nuclear

Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›
The Biology of the Second Reich
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African Genocide: The Horror of Scientific Racism

My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and only a part of the story of Social Darwinism's influence on Western imperialism. Read More ›
Cambrian animal phyla
Image: Cambrian animal phyla, by CNX OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Cambrian Explosion Has Just Gone Nuclear

Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›
Namacalathus
Photo: The new fossils stem from a layer in the Nama Group of Namibia, by Rachel Wood via EurekAlert! No usage restrictions.

Resurrecting Namacalathus as an Ediacaran Animal

The new fossils stem from a layer in the Nama Group of Namibia, just below an ash bed that could be radiometrically dated to 547.32 ± 0.65 million years. Read More ›

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