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Sirenia
Photo: Pezosiren, Thesupermat via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia

So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario. Read More ›
Megalodon
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

#6 Story of 2022: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks

Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›
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octopus
Photo: California two-spot octopus, by Tom Kleindinst via Marine Biological Laboratory.

MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Read More ›
Atlantic salmon
Image: Atlantic salmon, by Timothy Knepp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

What’s “Natural”? Engineering Creates a Conundrum for Evolutionists

I do not know Dr. Merilä’s stance on human origins, but it is a safe bet that he denies intelligent design, and believes humans evolved from other animals. Read More ›
Megalodon
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks

Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›
CELS
Image credit: Brian Gage.

Revolution as Scientists Treat Living Systems as Engineered

This sea change in perspective is rapidly accelerating progress in experimental biology. Read More ›

2022 YouTube Film Festival: Long Story Short on Whale Evolution

Bears turning into whales? Scientists today disagree with Darwin, instead claiming that other land animals were the real precursors to today’s whales. Read More ›
humpback whale
humpback whale
Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Whales Give More “Design of Life” Evidence, Defying Explanations Based on Natural Selection

Biologist Richard Sternberg explains how the whale-evolution sequence is more “artistic license” than demonstrable fact. Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
Photo: Mexican free-tailed bats, by dizfunkshinal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›
Down House
Darwinian
Photo: Down House, home of Charles Darwin, by Mario Modesto [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

The Hamlet of Down House

Darwin began casting around in his mind for supplementary theories, sometimes going so far as to reconsider evolutionary thinking he had once firmly rejected. Read More ›

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