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Photo: Purple sea urchin, by David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo 

"On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system." Read More ›
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Eminent Biologist Gerd Müller Responds to Stephen Meyer’s Arguments from the Joe Rogan Podcast

These are important statements that get at the very heart of the viability of evolutionary models. Read More ›
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“Astonishing” Clocks Found in Bacteria

How could evolution bestow accurate timepieces on the simplest, most primitive life forms? It sounds like something William Paley would expect. 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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Claim: Research Shows Animals Have a Moral Sense

We are informed at Nautilus, the Templeton Foundation’s magazine, that “ It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.” Really? Read More ›
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Self-Induced Blindness: Round 3 with Kevin Williamson

Of course, an allergy to conceding error is not unique to ID opponents, but it is typical of them. Read More ›
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Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical

Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance. Read More ›

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