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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)

trilobite
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Darwin’s One Wrong Argument

Fom the standpoint of empirical science, continued claims that the evidence for evolution is “incontrovertible” might be better termed one long bluff. Read More ›
hempnettle
Photo: Hempnettle , by Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Speciation

Swedish scientist Arne Müntzing used two plant species to make a hybrid that underwent chromosome doubling to produce hempnettle, a member of the mint family. Read More ›
fruit fly
Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr.

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Mutation

According to evolutionary biologist Thomas Cavalier-Smith, the idea that DNA contains all the information needed to make an organism “is simply false.” Read More ›
Darwin's finch
Photo: Darwin's finch, by Victor Gleim, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection

When the drought ended and the rains returned, however, food was plentiful, and the average beak size returned to normal. Read More ›
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Molecular Phylogeny

Common ancestry does not emerge from the inconsistent findings of molecular phylogenetics. Read More ›
trilobite
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
Short-beaked echidna
Photo: Short-beaked echidna, by Gunjan Pandey, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology

The spines of Australian echidnas and North American porcupines are remarkably similar. Read More ›
young Darwin statue
young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›

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