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'Junk DNA' Darwinism Genetics Intelligent Design

A 2010 Oxford U Press book on “unintelligent design” seems so dated now

Now that the very concept of “junk DNA” is being officially retired, this all seems pretty stale. Note: Well yes, there is still Nathan Lents and Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes: Still wrong about sinuses but still writing about them.

Posted on October 14, 2021 Author News Comments(3)

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