Biology

“Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 5 (of 6)

April 29, 2011

For the last four weeks, this article series has detailed the junk DNA argument against intelligent design and shown why this argument no longer...

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by Hugh Ross Read

“Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 4 (of 6)

April 22, 2011

In this series, we’ve been discussing the use of so-called “junk” DNA—specifically Alu elements—as an argument for evolution. In part 1, I explained why...

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by Hugh Ross Read

“Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 3 (of 6)

April 15, 2011

This article series has been exploring the issue of so-called “junk” DNA being used as evidence for evolution. Many biologists argue that these DNA...

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by Read

“Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 2 (of 6)

April 8, 2011

In the first article in this series, I recalled my experience of hearing a biologist use the presence of Alu elements (a type of...

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by Read

Gene Deserts Take the Life out of Evolution’s Best Argument

April 6, 2011

I always imagined the desert as a lifeless sea of sand and heat—at least until about eight years ago. In early February I drove...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

“Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 1 (of 6)

April 1, 2011

Recently, I sat in an audience of nearly 500 Christian leaders and listened to a biologist use the presence of Alu elements (a type...

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by Read

Junk in the Evolutionary Trunk

March 25, 2011

Why people are compelled to couple a hopeful word like “Spring” with a laborious task like “cleaning” I’ll never know. But alas, it’s time...

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by Read

Alu Sequences in Primate Genomes: Evidence for Common Descent or Common Design?

March 22, 2011

If someone had an hour to convince an audience of pastors that humans and chimpanzees evolved from a common ancestor, what evidence would he...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Two Discoveries, One Conclusion: Best Evidence for Biological Evolution Undermined

March 9, 2011

One “good” thing about the sluggish economy is all the discounts restaurants are offering. My favorite: two meals for the price of one!

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Getting to Know You: An Interview with Dr. Patricia Fanning, Part 2 (of 2)

March 4, 2011

We’ve been getting to know RNA biochemist and RTB’s first visiting scholar, Dr. Patricia Fanning. Picking up where we left off February 18, we...

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by Read

Pseudogenes and the Origin of Humanity: A Response to the Venema Critique of the RTB Human Origins Model, Part 7

January 19, 2011

For over a month, I have been responding to biologist Dennis Venema’s criticisms of the RTB human origins model. (See my previous posts: part...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Pseudogenes and the Origin of Humanity: A Response to the Venema Critique of the RTB Human Origins Model, Part 6

January 11, 2011

When biologists compare the genomes of organisms they often find that the same pseudogenes appear in corresponding locations of genomes, juxtaposed to the same...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read