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Your Inner Fish – Chapters 9-10

These are short chapters and not quite as intense as some of the others, so I’ll combine them into one post.  Plus, these two chapters are intimately related as I will describe, in some detail.   After this will be … Continue reading

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Timeline of Creationism and Science

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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Transitional Fossils

This is a rather in depth discussion going on elsewhere all starting with my blog about Shubin’s Your Inner Fish. However, there seems to a major misunderstanding and I thought I might bring it up here to correct any misunderstandings … Continue reading

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Your Inner Fish – Chapter 4

Teeth Everywhere Teeth are really useful tools for paleontologists.  In fact, they are the reason we even know some organisms existed.  Those organisms didn’t have any other hard parts (that would easily fossilize). Shubin describes some of his early days … Continue reading

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Your Inner Fish – Chapter 3

Handy Genes The story of our relationship to fossil animals is not just based on anatomy.  It can also be seen in our genes.  Those sequences of DNA that make us who we are.  Indeed makes every living thing what … Continue reading

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Your Inner Fish – Chapter 2

Getting a Grip Shubin opens this chapter with an anecdote about the first (and only) time he taught gross anatomy.  It is odd for a paleontologist to teach medical school level courses, but it happened.  Shubin relates how he was … Continue reading

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