Category: Life Sciences
Revisiting an Old Chestnut: Retroviruses and Common Descent (Updated)
One common argument for common descent which one hears very frequently in the evolutionary literature concerns the placement of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in orthologous loci in primate genomes.
Has Forbes.com Critic of The Myth of Junk DNA Read the Book?
Over at his Forbes.com blog, John Farrell has written a critique of Jonathan Wells’ new book The Myth of Junk DNA. The only problem is that many of the arguments Farrell critiques aren’t ones that Jonathan Wells makes in the book. Below is a comment I posted on Mr. Farrell’s blog in response: Dear Mr. Farrell, Have you read Jonathan wells’ book The Myth of Junk DNA? I don’t mean to be cheeky, but frankly, it doesn’t seem like you have. The Myth of Junk DNA either doesn’t make the arguments you claim it does about a perfect mutation-free or disease-free genome, or it refutes the arguments you make in your post. Regarding the latter problem, your post is logically Read More ›
When Enzymes Don’t Lie, Part Two
We sit down with biologist Ann Gauger to discuss her new paper with Doug Axe.
Rebutting Karl Giberson and Francis Collins’ Argument for Eye Evolution
Without evidence to back up their argument, it seems that Giberson and Collins simply want us to take their evolutionary claims about the power of mutation on faith.
Giberson and Collins Make Outdated Argument That Feathers Evolved From Scales
Karl Giberson and Francis Collins have relied upon some dangerous and historically weak arguments for evolution in their new book, The Language of Science and Faith.