Do Large Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent “Technical Failures”? 

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The insinuation is that something went wrong in the lab during the attempted alignment process. Source
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Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Source
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“Creation Myths” Misquotes and Misrepresents Junk DNA Video

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Our video backs up what it says with clear quotes and references. We’ve provided more documentation here. Source
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Epigenetics: Performing the Genome

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Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano. Source
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Couldn’t Life’s Information Have Accumulated Gradually? No, and New Long Story Explains Why Not

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It turns out there are five separate qualities to life and its information that make this comforting rationalization impossible to uphold. Source
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