As a High-School Biology student in New Zealand, I am not required to know anything about embryology. And so, for the most part, I don’t. In the circumstances it seems that I am far from the only one. Brian Thomas’ latest article on the Institute for Creation Research’s Daily (pseudo)Science Updates page is called Evolutionary [...]
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2 Jun
Genetic Stop Sign Halts Evolutionary Explanations (DpSU)
Soo… If you genetically modify the good ol’ fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to remove a presumed-redundant genetic ‘stop signal’ at one of the many places in the fly’s genome where there are double ups, you don’t get a very happy fly. Also, this disproves evolution. hmm… You may have noticed that Mr Thomas has two [...]
30 May
Amber and Embryos – DpSU’s, May 30
There have been some rather amusing articles from Mr Thomas in the last few days… To summarise the first, a CT scan of a 49 million year old spider trapped in amber (video) apparently challenges evolution, largely on the grounds that The spider’s relatives haven’t noticeably changed over the millennia, and The amber has rapidly [...]
