Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory

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The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness. Source
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Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed

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Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature. Source
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