HillsinLindisPassNewZealand Type post Date July 13, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , amino acids, BIO-Complexity, buried treasure, Conservation of Information, Douglas Axe, downhill, elevation, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness, flood, higher ground, hill climbing, information, local optimum, mathematics, natural selection, Nature Ecology and Evolution, optimum, protein folds, RNA sequences, Sam F. Greenbury, uphill, Winston Ewert New Paper: Appeals to Evolutionary Plateaus Do Not Save Evolution Science & Culture July 13, 2026 Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 In evolution, mutations that increase fitness can be thought of as moving uphill, whereas mutations that decrease fitness can be thought of as moving downhill. Read More ›