Tag Archives: microevolution

The Fallacies of Evolution

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

I was given this list of fallacies that were claimed to be used by science to defend evolution.  It was supposed by the person that gave these to me that they would be unanswerable assaults on the premises of science.  … Continue reading →

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Cryptonomicron and Life

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

from Cryptonomicon (Book Excerpt) by Neal Stephenson Let’s set the existence-of-god issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet and immediately began trying to get rid of … Continue reading →

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Your Inner Fish – Chapter 8

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

Making Scents The next 3 chapters (8,9, and 10) are further, very specific, examples of how common descent directly affects systems in our bodies.  All mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians are descended from a common ancestor that had some traits.  … Continue reading →

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Timeline of Creationism and Science

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been considering the history and accomplishments of science as compared to those for creationism. It took a while, but I have created a timeline of accomplishments and important historical points for both science … Continue reading →

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Classifying Selection as Natural, Artificial, Neutral or by Design

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

a guest post by Howard Hershey **  This is repeated in its entirety from a post in the talk.origins newsgroup. It is in response to another poster, so parts may seem a bit strange without the defining context.  However, when I read … Continue reading →

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Micro-Evolution : What Is It Really?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Something interesting came up today.  A fairly normal creationist troll popped up at Panda’s Thumb and began demanding evidence for micro-evolution.  Yep, not content with just demanding proof of macro-evolution, he wanted evidence of micro-evolution. I find this quite interesting, … Continue reading →

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Speciation: What is it and How does it Happen?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

So how do new species develop? First, we have to remember that ‘species’ is a poorly defined concept and there is no line that automatically denotes one species from another.  So, there’s a lot of issues with the concept of … Continue reading →

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What is Macroevolution?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Macroevolution is microevolution over a long period of time. OK, I guess you wanted a bit more than that.  First of all, let’s see what some others say is macroevolution. Macroevolution is evolution on a grand scale—what we see when … Continue reading →

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