Richard Sternberg – Uncommon Descent

“Junk DNA” can really matter

If there were a prize for the Darwinian idea that has proven least helpful to Darwinism, would junk DNA be the winner?

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Darwin’s vigilantes: Fred Reed on why Darwinism persists

He had promised, he says, not to touch the subject again but… Looking back on what’s happened (and hasn’t happened) in the last fifteen years: A prime example is Richard Sternberg, a Ph.D. in biology (Molecular Evolution) from Florida International University and a Ph.D. in Systems Science (Theoretical Biology) from Binghamton University. He is not Read More…

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