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The panda thumbs its nose at the dysteleological arguments of the atheist
Stephen Jay Gould

The panda thumbs its nose at the dysteleological arguments of the atheist Stephen Jay Gould

Why one atheist’s arguments about pandas don’t stand up to scrutiny.
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08 Dec, 2017
Appendix shrieks ‘Creation’ (at least 18 times!)

Appendix shrieks ‘Creation’ (at least 18 times!)

Remember when the appendix was held up as evidence for evolution—a supposed ‘vestigial organ’? How times have changed.
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02 Apr, 2013
Badly designed arguments—‘vestigial organs’ revisited

Badly designed arguments—‘vestigial organs’ revisited

The argument from ‘vestigial organs’ has been refuted many times by creationists, but some evolutionists still think it is a good argument against creation.
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17 Dec, 2011
Living fossils and ‘junk DNA’

Living fossils and ‘junk DNA’

Why do ‘living fossils’ and functions in ‘junk DNA’ present problems for evolution?
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08 Oct, 2011
Vintage Journal: The plantaris muscle

Vintage Journal: The plantaris muscle

Is this little-known muscle a true vestigial organ?
Article
13 May, 2011
The Best Genetic Computer Program in the World

The Best Genetic Computer Program in the World

Scientists begin to unravel the splicing code
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29 Jun, 2010
The slow, painful death of junk DNA

The slow, painful death of junk DNA

New findings undermine the idea that large stretches of our DNA are useless
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09 Jun, 2009
Large scale function for ‘endogenous retroviruses’

Large scale function for ‘endogenous retroviruses’

We hope you enjoy this sneak preview from the now-released November issue of Journal of Creation. Subscribers will be delighted by the powerful, stimulating content.
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13 Nov, 2008
More musings on our ‘useless’ appendix

More musings on our ‘useless’ appendix

A not-so-recent study on the pattern of the appendix among our alleged primate ‘cousins’ showed that, even using evolutionary assumptions, it cannot be a degenerate evolutionary structure.
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06 Aug, 2008
Appendix: a bacterial ‘safe house’

Appendix: a bacterial ‘safe house’

New research suggests function for appendix in maintaining good digestive bacteria populations
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17 Oct, 2007
Human tails and fairy tales

Human tails and fairy tales

Have there really been people with functioning tails, and if so, are they vestigial?
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01 Sep, 2007
Astonishing DNA complexity uncovered

Astonishing DNA complexity uncovered

Astonishing DNA complexity uncovered
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20 Jun, 2007
‘Vestigial’ Organs: What do they prove?

‘Vestigial’ Organs: What do they prove?

‘Vestigial’ Organs: What do they prove?
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14 Feb, 2006
Snakes with legs? A preliminary reply

Snakes with legs? A preliminary reply

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11 Feb, 2006
Evolution and your surgeon

Evolution and your surgeon

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03 Feb, 2006
Male nipples prove evolution?

Male nipples prove evolution?

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01 Feb, 2006