Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

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Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Source
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Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

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Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Source
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Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

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The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Source
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Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

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Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Source
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Physicist Overstates the “Gradual” Nature of Human Origins in the Fossil Record

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We’ve gone back and forth with Dr. Barr many times in the past. Mainstream paleoanthropologists acknowledge that the origin of humans is sudden and abrupt. Source
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Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

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Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Source
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“Peptideins”? Give Those Shorties Another Look

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Picture short, lonely bachelors in rented formal wear, leaning on the wall, nervously checking their watches at the annotation dance. Source
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Meyer on Mind Pump: Intelligent Design for the Fitness Crowd

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Dr. Meyer is talking about Albert Einstein’s greatest error with a huge “podcast that is dedicated to providing truthful fitness and health information.” Source
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