The Light In The Black Box

04Jan07

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In the first chapter of his book Darwin’s Black Box, Michael Behe lays out his fundamental purpose: to show that Darwinian evolution does not account for the molecular structure of life (Behe, 25). He goes on to argue that life depends on many molecular systems that are ‘irreducibly complex’, consisting of interlocking parts that must [...]

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So Long and Thanks for All (Your) Fish

04Jan07

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I. BACKGROUND/ THE QUESTION
Dolphins (Delphinidae) are part of a group known as the Odontoceti, which forms a suborder of the cetaceans. As their name suggests, Odontocetes are characterised by having teeth (as opposed to baleen whales in the other suborder of cetaceans, Mysticeti). Toothed whales are active hunters, feeding mainly on fish and squid. [...]

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