Genetics

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Elephants and Mammoths Were All One Kind

March 19, 2018

A new study of elephants, mammoths and mastodons show they were all interfertile or capable of hybridization. Our present world is impoverished of elephants, or “elephantids” as scientists dub the family. Mammoths and mastodons roamed throughout America and Asia, evidenced by the massive fossil beds, where millions of mammoth bones can be found in permafrost. […]

Biomimetics

Trends in Biomimetics: Copying Irreducible Complexity

March 3, 2018

Not everything in nature can be copied effectively for human engineering. Why? Nature is sometimes too good.

Genetics

Is the Y Chromosome Disappearing?

February 24, 2018

Some evolutionists claim that the Y chromosome of human males is shrinking and will disappear. Is this true? On what evidence do they make this claim?

Genetics

Basener, Sanford Defend Paper Critiquing Fisher’s Theorem, II

February 20, 2018

Bill Basener and John Sanford recently critiqued Fisher's Theorem, a long-trusted model for neo-Darwinism. Two evolutionary geneticists responded. Here is Part II their counter-response.

Darwin and Evolution

The Evolution of the Darwin Fish

February 17, 2018

The Darwin Fish scientific method: Draw a fish. Draw legs on it to mock Christians who use it as a symbol. Then furiously hunt for evidence that a fish with feet existed.

Genetics

Basener and Sanford Defend Paper Critiquing Fisher’s Theorem

February 16, 2018

Bill Basener and John Sanford recently critiqued Fisher's Theorem, a long-trusted model for neo-Darwinism. Two evolutionary geneticists responded. Here is Part I their counter-response.

Origin of Life

NASA Promotes Natural Miracles

February 15, 2018

To know the vast improbabilities, and yet to leap over them with imaginary stories – that's deceiving the public.

Darwin and Evolution

Darwin Report Card: How Useful Is Evolutionary Theory?

February 6, 2018

We examine numerous articles and papers that talk about evolution to see if neo-Darwinism (or even old Darwinism) actually contributes to the understanding of nature.

Human Body

What Your Body Needs

February 3, 2018

Most of us know some basic things our bodies need, but it's unlikely many people have heard of some of these requirements.

Genetics

Some ‘Junk DNA’ May Act as Computer Memory *

January 30, 2018

Growing evidence supports the hypothesis that certain non-coding 'retrotransposons' may function as computational memory for genes. *[Audio version included]

Terrestrial Zoology

Butterfly Evolution Pushed 70 Million Years Before Flowers

January 13, 2018

New fossil evidence puts the squeeze on Darwinians, making butterflies appear suddenly, with complex mouth parts, before there were any flowers to pollinate. Time to rescue the theory again.

Darwin and Evolution