Originally posted on Naturalis Historia:
Young life creationists, or baraminologists as they prefer to be called, have experienced a paradigm shift over the past three decades. Initially, creationists made a…
The following is a guest post by J.W. Wartick, who holds a M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University and blogs actively at Always Have A Reason. Besides YEC and the ‘origins […]
Dear Ken Ham, In recent years, your ministry has gained unprecedented publicity by cranking its ‘apologetics’ amps all the way to eleven. Between provocative billboards, a life-sized ark, and a lawsuit over […]
For as long as I can remember, I have suffered from a weak stomach (officially, gastroparesis). It’s terribly uncomfortable and makes eating a chore, if not something to fear, because I […]
Over the past decade, a new generation of paleontologists has been refining its techniques to recover something that should have been lost forever: remnants of soft tissue. The preservation of soft anatomy, such […]
Canonical context of Job’s narrative For many, the Book of Job is one of the most important and beautifully crafted compositions among religious texts, which addresses the problem of evil. Set in […]
Over the past week, Dr. Julie Meachen—a paleontologist with Des Moines University—has been making headlines after obtaining a permit to excavate mammalian fossils from a sinkhole cave in Wyoming. The […]
I still remember as though it were yesterday…Like a camp of rogue militants being tracked, the secluded site was interrupted suddenly by an unidentified chopper closing in. Everyone scrambled as the […]
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published a landmark, yet profoundly simple, report offering direct geochemical evidence of a viable mechanism for Burgess Shale-type preservation (Gaines et al., 2012). One […]
A recent article at the Institute for Creation Research (ICR), entitled Trace Metals Study Confirms Fossil Has Original Feathers, represents the latest in a series of misguided attacks on conventional fossil […]
Age of Rocks 