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New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design

A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Zygaenid Moths — Molecular Clock vs Fossil Record

The ubiquitous mismatch between molecular clocks and the fossil record clearly represents data to be explained. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Insectivore Mammals

We can conclude that Eulipotyphla appeared abruptly in the Paleocene about 66-61.7 million years ago. Read More ›
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No. 2 Story of 2023: Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny, and Why I’ve Become More Skeptical of Common Descent

True skeptics should question everything, and not just everything apart from Darwinism and materialism. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Complex Eyes in Trilobites

The theory has been made immune to empirical falsification because it is simply assumed to be true by default as the only viable option for materialists. Read More ›
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Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›
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A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle

According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›
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The Puzzle of Hox Gene Homology — With Parsimony Taking the Hit 

I am old enough to remember when, during the cladistics revolution, parsimony was the Final Referee with the Loudest Whistle. Read More ›

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