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Paper Rebuffs Assumption that Pseudogenes Are Genetic “Junk,” Claims Function Is “Widespread”
“[D]iscoveries in the ancient protist T. brucei, as well as in some metazoan, indicate that pseudogene regulation is widespread in eukaryotes. Accordingly, the moniker ‘pseudogene’ has been challenged.”
Here Comes McBride (Again): The Debate on Junk DNA Continues
While it is certainly true that function has not yet been identified for the majority of the genome, there is no reason to think the current trend — of finding new, previously unsuspected functionality — will not continue.
A Big Bang Theory of Homo
If human beings evolved from ape-like creatures, what were the transitional species between ape-like hominins and the truly human-like members of the genus Homo found in the fossil record?
Homework Avoidance: A Major Reason for Resistance to Intelligent Design
Intelligent design’s toughest challenge at the moment, in a debate of such consequence for the culture, may be to make our ideas readily comprehensible to a wide public.
Unguided or Not? How Do Darwinian Evolutionists Define Their Theory?
An argument we are increasingly hearing from theistic evolutionists is that the “unguided” or “random” aspects of Darwinian evolution are merely “philosophical gloss” or an “add-on” promoted by new atheists who use bad philosophy.