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Web Traffic Data for Reformed and Creationist Sites
I am updating some web traffic data and adding a few new sites. I was wondering how the traffic of some of the prominent creation evangelism sites such as Answers in Genesis (AIG) and the Institute...
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Progressive Creationism: A Whale of an Inference
I think it is safe to say that the average person has little appreciation for the diversity (eg. number of species) and the total numbers of whales in the world. What most people hear about whales is...
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Creation Debate in the Adventist Church
A reader recently brought the articles linked below from a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) website to my attention. I found them interesting not just because they present a good overview of the challenges...
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How Similar is Similar? Baramins, Species, and the Identification of Common...
A recent paper published by the Answers Research Journal, the research publication of Answers in Genesis, reported a comparison of human and chimpanzee genomes and found that they have, on average, a...
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Of Kinds and Common Ancestors: Comparing Mitochondrial Genomes of Mammals
A few days ago I shared some thoughts about the significance of genetic differences that are observed between humans and primates (How Similar is Similar, Part I). I said that it was important that...
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DNA from a Fossil Canine Skull: Confirmation of an Ancient Domesticated Dog
Where did domesticated dogs come from? That dogs are wolves has been known for some time but which wolves and when did domestication occur has been a more difficult question to answer. Thousands of...
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A Horse is a Horse, Unless of Course it Isn’t a Horse
Creationists are becoming more and more likely to view the origin of horse species and other large groups of similar species as the result as descent from a common ancestor albeit via mechanisms and at...
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NH Notes: Answers in Genesis and a Mountain of Extraterrestrial Dust
How long would it take for falling dust to accumulate into a mound 2 1/2 miles tall? Answers in Genesis has commented (Wind, not water, may have built the Martian Mount Sharp) over the weekend on the...
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My Interview with a Martian: A Story of Origins
Everything has an origin.* Some stories of origins are very simple (eg. the current island of Krakatoa from a volcanic blast recorded in history) while others are much more complex (eg. the Grand...
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Science in Progress: The Rising Star Expedition in South Africa
An expedition to recover hominid remains is underway and you can follow the progress of that expedition in real-time thanks to social media. From Twitter (LeeRberger, johnhawks and...
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NH Notes: Rising Star Expedition Update
The process of discovery in science can be as fascinating to follow as a sporting event: if we knew how it was going to end we would be much less likely to watch. The Rising Star Expedition has the...
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Invoking Super-Speed Evolution: How to Squeeze 10,000+ Bird Species onto...
There are about 10,000 species of birds alive today. Almost 200 additional species have gone extinct since the year 1500 and there are innumerable fossil species of birds in the geological column. One...
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Young Earth Creationism and Ancient DNA
So how long can DNA or even cells last in the environment once an organism dies? This has been a hot topic in the scientific literature the last 15 years. I have read the majority of the literature...
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Cosmogenic Dating Methods Allow Estimates of Erosion Rates on Mars
Just how fast are some rocks on Mars eroding? A few months ago I asked a Martian rock that question (see: My Interview with a Martian: A Story of Origins) and I was not given a very satisfying answer....
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Canine Transmissible Tumors: Seeking Immortality By Becoming a Parasite
Cancers are cells that have forgotten who they are supposed to be. They become independent brats in the body, hogging resources and dividing uncontrollably. The problem, from the cancers perspective...
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Geological Context V: Human Fossil Footprints Found Below Ice Age Deposits
A story is breaking today of a significant fossil find that was made almost a year ago but kept under wraps until the significance of the find could be evaluated. What has now been reveled is that...
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Ancient DNA Comes to Life: Giant Virus Resurrected from Siberian Permafrost
Just how long can DNA survive after the death of a cell or without cellular activity to maintain itself? I addressed this question a few months ago (Young Earth Creationism and Ancient DNA) and...
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NH Notes: Underwater Cave Yields Fossilized Teenager From the Ice Age
During the last ice age some 12 to 13 thousands years ago a young girl found herself wandering in caves of the Yucatan Peninsula likely looking for water. Hundreds of feet into a cave something...
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The Pit of Bones: A Death Chamber Time Capsule
A small chamber in a deep, dark cave. Tens of thousands of bones. Animal bones and human bones. Buried under dust and dirt and bat dung. Welcome to an ancient chamber of horrors. This is the Pit of...
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We’re Going on a Fossil Hunt to Find a Herpes Virus
There is a very recent form of fossil hunting that I have gotten to partake in to some small extent, and I can do it while sitting in front of a computer screen! With some computer skills and some...
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