Tag: common ancestry
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Molecular Phylogeny
Common ancestry does not emerge from the inconsistent findings of molecular phylogenetics.
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology
The spines of Australian echidnas and North American porcupines are remarkably similar.
Khan Academy Video, “Evidence for Evolution,” Gives Circular Arguments for Common Ancestry
If you define homology as resulting from common ancestry, you can’t then turn around and use that as an argument for common ancestry.
“Evidence for Evolution”? Khan Academy Pushes Haeckel’s Phony Embryo Drawings
I’ve watched many Khan Academy videos over the years — sometimes just for fun, and sometimes to advise teachers on whether they are good tools to use.
Chromosomal Fusion and Correcting Mistakes: A Retrospective on an Old Debate
The main evidence that Dr. Scott cites to argue that chromosomal fusions aren’t necessarily deleterious comes not from humans but from horses.