Critical Analysis of Kent Hovinds Dinosaurs and the Bible ExtantDodo 2006-12-20 | Taking an in depth look at the flawed logic used by Kent Hovind to justify his stance that dinosaurs and humans were contemporaries. Includes discussion on the mythical flood described in Genesis and a brief romp through the pseudoscience that is cryptozoology.
Hovindism #4 Entropy ExtantDodo 2008-11-02 | Part 4 in our new weekly series dissecting the errors made by Creation Science Evangelism's Kent Hovind in his misguided attacks on biological science. References: 1) Hogg DE, Eisenstein DJ, Blanton MR, Bahcall NA, Brinkmann J, Gunn JE, and Schneider DP. 2005. Cosmic homogeneity demonstrated with luminous red galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 624:54-58. 2) Weinberg S. 2008. Cosmology. Oxford University Press. 3) Mitton S. Fred Hoyle a Life in Science. Aurum Press. 4) Hoyle F, Burdidge G, and Narlikar JV. 1995, The basic theory underlying the quasi-steady-state cosmology. Proceedings: Mathematical and Physical Science, 448:191-212. 5) Spergel DN, Bean R, Doré O, Nolta MR, Bennett CL, Dunkley J, Hinshaw G, Jarosik N, Komatsu E, Page L, Peiris HV, Verde L, Halpern M, Hjill RS, Limon M, Meyer SS, Odegard N, Tucker GS, Weiland JL, E Wollack, and Wright EL. 2007. Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) three year results: Implications for cosmology. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 170:377-408. 6) Sonntag RE, Borgnakke C, Van Wylen GJ. 2002. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 6th ed. Wiley. 7) Freemsn S, Herron JC. 2007. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Benjamin Cummings.
Hovindism Bonus #2 Creationism in Academia ExtantDodo 2008-08-23 | What happens when a creationist proposes his nonsense in the academic forum? Is he persecuted as creationists so often claim? Let's examine a recent example. References Javor GT. 2008. Evolution in the classroom. Microbe. 3(5):215. Farrand SK. 2008. Creationism versus evolution. Microbe. 3(7):311. Javor GT. 2006. LLU Faculty - George Javor Professional Activity. Accessed 21 August 2008. http://www.llu.edu/llu/faculty/gjavor/ Farrand SK. 2004. Stephen K. Farrand. Accessed 21 August 2008. http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/faculty/faculty_farrand.htm Lomo Linda University Department of Security. 2008. LLUAHSC Security Handbook Homepage. Accessed 21 August 2008. http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-center/our-services/security Office of Equal Opportunity and Access. 2008. Office of Equal Opportunity and Access. Accessed 21 August 2008. http://www.eoa.uiuc.edu/
Hovindism #3 Conservation of Angular Momentum ExtantDodo 2008-08-18 | Part 3 in our new weekly series dissecting the errors made by Creation Science Evangelism's Kent Hovind in his misguided attacks on biological science. 1) Weinberg, S. 2008. Cosmology. Oxford University Press. 2) Cottingham WN and Greenwood DA. 2007. An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press. 3) Cover JA and Curd M. 1998. Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. WW Noton and Company. 4) Clark, AJ. 1998. Defense Mechanisms in the Counseling Process. Sage Publications. 5) Freemsn S, Herron JC. 2007. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Benjamin Cummings. 6) UMKC School of Law. Accessed 16 August 2008. Tennessee Anti-evolution Statute. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/tennstat.htm 7) Susan Epperson, et al. v. Arkansas. 393 US 97. 1968. 8) Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. Aguillard et al. 482 US 578. 1987. 9) Simon S. 2008. Evolution's Critics Shift Tactics with Schools. Wall Street Journal. 2 May 2008. 10) Feynman R. 2001. The Character of Physical Law. MIT Press. 11) Giancoli DC. 2004. Physics: Principles with Applications, 6th ed. Prentice Hall. 12) Sonntag RE, Borgnakke C, Van Wylen GJ. 2002. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 6th ed. Wiley. 13) Carroll BW and Ostlie DA. 2006. Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd ed. Benjamin Cummings.
Hovindism Bonus #1 Attacking the Smithsonian ExtantDodo 2008-08-07 | The first bonus feature in our Hovindism of the Week series. We delve into one of Mr. Hovind's many conspiracy theories. Here is the link to the original bit posted by a Hovind parrot. Why not leave him a comment or two imparting a little knowledge to him regarding the veracity of his epic fail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8UWM1-uNaY References: 1) Dexter RW. 1986. Historical Aspects of the Calaveras Skull Controversy. American Antiquity. 51(2):265-369. 2) Holmes, WH. 1899. Preliminary Revision of the Evidence Relating to Auriferous Gravel Man in California. American Anthropology. 1:107-121,614-645. 3) Cremo, MA. 2003. Human Devolution: A Vedic alternative to Darwin's theory. Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing 4) Childress DH. 2001. Far Out Adventures: The Best of World Explorer Magazine. Adventures Unlimited Press. 5) Lee TE. 1954. The First Sheguiandah Expedition, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. American Antiquity. 20(2):101-111. 6) Lee TE. 1955. The Second Sheguiandah Expedition, Manitouli Island, Ontario. American Antiquity. 21(1):63-71. 7) Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah. 8) Royal Ontario Museum. 9) Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Hovindism #2 1st Law of Thermodynamics ExtantDodo 2008-08-04 | Part 2 in our new weekly series dissecting the errors made by Creation Science Evangelism's Kent Hovind in his misguided attacks on biological science. References 1) Sonntag RE, Borgnakke C, Van Wylen GJ. 2002. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 6th ed. Wiley. 2) Freemsn S, Herron JC. 2007. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Benjamin Cummings. 3) Woolfson MM. 1993. The solar - origin and evolution. Royal Astromonical Society Quarterly Journal 34:1-20. 4) Weinberg S. 2008. Cosmology. Oxford University Press. 5) Bonnell IA, Bate MR. 2006. Star formation through gravitational collapse and competitive accretion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 370:488-494. 6) Hoyle F. 1946. The synthesis of the elements from hydrogen. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 106:343-383. 7) Seeger PA, Fowler WA, Clayton DD. 1965. Nucleosynthesis of heavy elements by neutron capture. Astrophysical Journal Supplement 11:121-166. 8) Gron O, Hervik S. 2007. Einstien's General thoery of Relativity: With Modern Application in Cosmology. Springer.
Hovindism #1 Definition of Evolution ExtantDodo 2008-07-23 | Part 1 in our new weekly series dissecting the errors made by Creation Science Evangelism's Kent Hovind in his misguided attacks on biological science. References: 1) Merriam-Webster. 2004. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriiam-Webster. 2) Weinberg, S. 2008. Cosmology. Oxford University Press. 3) Hubble, E. 1929. A relation between distance and radial velocity among extra galactic nebulae. PNAS 15(3):168-173. 4) Fixsen DJ, Cheng ES, Gales JM, Mather JC, ShaFer RA, Wright EL. 1996. The Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum from the Full Cobe1 Firas Data Set. Astrophysical Journal 473:576-587. 5) Reeves H. 1974. On the origin of the light elements. Annuak Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 12:437-470. 6) The Supernova Cosmology Project. 2003. New Constraints on ΩM, ΩΛ, and w from an Independent Set of 11 High-Redshift Supernovae Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysical Journal. 598:102-137. 7) Kuo HM, Goldhaber G, Perlmutter S. 1998. A study of 42 type Ia supernovae and a resulting measurement of ΩM and ΩΛ. Physics Reports 307(1):325-331. 8) Ellis GFR. 1979. The homogeneity of the universe. General Relativity and Gravitation 11(4):281-289. 9) Misner CW. 1968. The isotropy of the universe. Astrophysical Journal 151:431-457. 10) Hoyle F. 1946. The synthesis of the elements from hydrogen. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 106:343-383. 11) Seeger PA, Fowler WA, Clayton DD. 1965. Nucleosynthesis of heavy elements by neutron capture. Astrophysical Journal Supplement 11:121-166. 12) Bonnell IA, Bate MR. 2006. Star formation through gravitational collapse and competitive accretion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 370:488-494. 13) McCaughrean MJ and O'dell CR. 1996. Direct Imaging of circumstellar disks in the Orion Nebula. Astrophysical Journal 111:1977. 14) Hazen R. 2005. Gen-e-sis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins. Joseph Henry Press. 15) Freeman S and Herron JC. 2007. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Benjamin Cummings. 16) Schlesinger G and Miller SL. 1983. Prebiotic synthesis in atmospheres containing CH4, CO, and CO2. I. Amino acids. Journal of Molecular Evolution 19:376-382. 17) Stribling R and Miller SL. 1987. Energy yields for hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde syntheses: the HCN and amino acid concentrations in the primitive ocean. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 17:261-273. 18) Miller SL. 1953. A production of amino acids under possible primitive earth conditions. Science 117:528-529. 19) Miller SL and Urey HC. 1959. Organic compound synthes on the primitive earth: several question about the origin of life have been answered, but much remains to be studied. Science 130:245-251. 20) Lee DH, Granja JR, Martinez JA, Severin K, and Ghadri MR. 1996. A self-replicating peptide. Nature 382:525-528. 21) Jeffares DC, Poole AM and Penny D. 1998. Relics from the RNA world. Journal of Molecular Evolution 46:18-36. 22) Ouelleth H. 1993. Bicknell's thrush: taxonomic status and distribution. The Wilson Bulletin. 105(4):545-572. 23) Wayne RK. 1993. Molecular evolution of the dog family. Trends in Genetics 9(6):218-224. 24) Polly PD, Wesley-Hunt GD, Heinricht RE, Davis G, and Houde P. 2006. Earliest known carnivoran auditory bulla and support for a recent origin of crown-group Canivora (Eutheria, Mammalia). Palaeontology 49(5):1019-1027. 25) Gould SJ. 1980. The Panda's Thumb. W. W. Norton.
Critical Analysis of the Cure for All Disease ExtantDodo 2007-12-08 | An in-depth analysis of the medical claims made by Hulda Clark regarding the cause and cure of all diseases. Are flatworms and anaerobic bacteria responsible for all human disease? Due to the nature of this material, any medical claims made by commenters must be supported by documented evidence. Ms. Clark has engaged in ample quackery without your assistance. Failure to follow this simple guideline will result in removal of your nonsense and you will be placed in time out. References: 1. Register of Ph.D. Degrees conferred by the University of Minnesota of Minnesota July 1956-June 1966 2. Dr. Hulda Clark (biographical sketch). Dr. Clark Association Web site, Accessed June 17, 2001. 3. Federal Trade Commission vs. Western Dietary Products Co. (Skookam) d/b/a Western Herb & Dietary Products, Inc., and Marvin Beckwith, and Maguelina Beckwith. Civil action No. C01-0818R. Filed Dec 26, 2001. 4. The Korean Society for Parasitology. http://www.atlas.or.kr/atlas/alphabet_view.phpmy_codeName=Eurytrema%20pancreaticum, Accessed Nov 23, 2007. 5. Hatheway, CL. Toxigenic Clostridia. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan 1990, pp 66-98. 6. Center for Disease Control. http://www.cdc.gov, Accessed Nov 23, 2007 7. American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3_Black_Walnut.asp?sitearea=ETO, Accessed Nov 23, 2007. 8. Rowan, WB. The Life Cycle and Epizootiology of the Rabit Trematode, Hastilesia tricolor. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 74, No. 1 (Jan 1955), pp. 1-21 9. Guidetti, R. Johnson, K.I. (2002). Long-term anhydrobiotic survival in semi-terrestrial micrometazoans. Journal of Zoology 257: 181-187. 10. Ramel, G. (2005-11-11). The Water Bears (Phylum Tardigrada). 11. Seki, K & Toyoshima, M. (1998). Preserving tardigrades under pressure. Nature 395: 853-854. 12. International Programme On Chemical Safety Review on Zearalenone. http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v44jec14.htm Accessed Nov 23, 2007. 13. August 1997) "Patulin: a Mycotoxin in Apples". Perishables Handling Quarterly (91) 14. Williams JH, Phillips TD, Jolly PE, Stiles JK, Jolly CM, Aggarwal D. Human aflatoxicosis in developing countries: a review of toxicology, exposure, potential health consequences, and interventions. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Nov;80(5):1106-22. Review. 15. CDC DPDx Parasitology Diagnostic Web Site http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx 16. Definition of Orthomolecular medicine at www.orthomed.org Accessed Nov 27, 2007. 17. Catholic News Service. Late pope's physician denies John Paul refused nutritional support. Sept 27, 2007. 18. MD Anderson Cancer Center http://www.mdanderson.org 19. The Nationís Investment in Cancer Research. A Plan and Budget Proposal for FY 2008, Prepared by Director, National Cancer Institute.
Critical Analysis of Evolution vs. Creation - Part 2 ExtantDodo 2007-11-28 | Part 2 of an in-depth analysis of Janet Folger's Evolution vs. Creation. References: 1) Freeman, S and JC Herron. 2007. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Prentice Hall. 2) Collins, D. 1996. Journal of Paleontology. 70(2):280-293. 3) Daeschler, EB, NH Shubin, and FA Jenkins. 2006. Nature. 440:757-763. 4) Ostrom, JH. 1976. Archaeopteryx and the Origin of Birds. Academic Press. 5) Kimbel, WH, DC Johanson, and Y Rak. 1994. Nature. 368:449-451. 6) Shaw, G. 1799. the duck-billed platypus. The Naturalists' Miscellany. 7) Harris, GP. 1807. Description of two species of Didelphis for Van Diemen's Land. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 8) Torres, AM, GM de Plater, M Doverskog, LC Birinyi-Strachan, GM Nicholson, CH Gallagher, and PW Kuchel. 2000. Biochemistry Journal. 348:649-656. 9) Penny, D and M Hasegawa. 1997. Nature. 387:549-550. 10) Grutzer, F, W Rens, E Tsend-Ayush, N El-Mogharbel, PCM O'Brien, RC Jones, MA Ferguson-Smith, and JAM Groves. 2004. Nature. 432:913-917. 11) Walcott, CD. 1914. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57:14. 12) Shu, D, X Zhang and L Chen. 1996. Nature. 380:428-430 13) Chen, JY, DY Huang, and CW Li. 1999. Nature. 402:518-522. 14) Briggs, DEG, ENK Clarkson, RJ Aldridge. 1983. Lethaia 16:1-14 15) Janvier, P. 1998. Early Vertebrates Oxford. Oxford University Press. 16) Long, JA. 1995. The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution. John Hopkins University Press. 17) Pearson, DM. 1982. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 18) Gupta, VJ. 1973. Recent Researches in Geology. 19) Andrews, SM and TS Westoll. 1970. The Postcranial Skeleton if Eusthenopteron Foordi Whiteaves. Royal Society of Edinburgh. 20) Boisvert, CA. 2005. Nature. 438:1145-1147. 21) Clack, JA. 1998. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society. 122:61-97. 22) Jarvik, E. 1996. The Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega. Lethaia. 29(1):76. 23) Lydekker, R. 1890. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 46:289-294. 24) Holmes, R. 1984. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 306:431-525. 25) Laurin, M and RR Reisz. 1999. Canadian Journal of Earth Science. 36(8):1239-1255. 26) Dawson, JW. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 173:621-659. 27) Carroll, RL. 1969. Journal of Paleontology. 43(1):151-170. 28) DeMar, R. 1970. Journal of Paleontology. 44(1):154-163. 29) Olson, EC. 1944. Origin of Mammals Based upon Cranial Morphology of the Therapsid suborders. The Society. 30) Lillegraven, JA, Z Kielan-Jaworowska, and WA Clemens. 1979. Mesozoic mammals. University of California Press Berkeley. 31) Kienlan-Jaworowska, Z. 1996. Lethaia. 29(3):249-266. 32) Ji, Q, ZX Lou, CX Yuan, JR Wible, JP Zhang, and JA Georgi. 2002. Nature. 416:816-822. 33) Murphy WJ, E Eizirik, WE Johnson, YP Zhang, OA Ryderk, and SJ O'Brien. 2001. Nature. 409:614-618. 34) Luo, ZX, Q Ji, JR Wible, and CX Yaun. 2003. Science. 302:1934-1940. 35) Archer, M, TF Flannery, A Ritchie, and RE Molnar. 1985. Nature. 318:363-366. 36) Szalay, FS. 1972. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 36(1):59-76. 37) Martin, RD. 2004. Nature. 427:22-23. 38) Szalay, FS. 1970. Nature. 227:355-357. 39) Chaimanee, Y, T Thein, S Ducrocq, AN Soe, M Benammi, T Tun, T Lwin, S Wai, and JJ Jaeger. 2000. PNAS. 97(8):4102-4105. 40) Kay, RF and EL Simons. 1980. International Journal of Primatology. 1(1):31-37. 41) Simons, EL and DT Rasmussen. 1989. Cranial morphology of Aegyptopithecus and Tarsius and the question of the tarsier-anthropoidean clade. 79(1):1-23. 42) Walker, A, MF Teaford, L Martin, and P Andrews. 1993. Journal of Human Evolution. 25(1):43-56. 43) McCrossin, ML. 1994. The phylogenetic relationships, adaptations, and ecology of Kenyapithecus. The University of California Press Berkeley. 44) Johanson, D and M Edey. 1981. Lucy, the Beginnins of Humankind. Granada. 45) Conroy, GC, MW Vannier, and PV Tobias. 1990. Science. 247:838-841. 46) Wood, B. 1992. Nature. 355:783-790. 47) Asfaw, B, WH Gilbert, Y Beyene, WK Hart, PR Renne, G WoldeGabriel, ES Vrba, and TD White. 2002. Nature. 416: 317-320. 48) Liberman, DE, BM McBratney, and G Krovitz. 2002. PNAS. 99(3):1134-1139. 49) Lahr, MM and RVS Wright. 1996. Journal of Human Evolution. 31(2):157-191. 50) Ovchinnikov, IV, A Gotherstrom, GP Romanova, VM Kharitonov, L Liden, and W Goodwin. 2000. 404:490-493. 51) Darwin, C. 1869. On the Origin..., 5th ed. John Murray. 52) Willis, T. 1987. Bible-Science Newsletter. Oct:1-3. 53) Tomasello, M, M Davis-Dasilva, L Camak, and K Bard. 1987. Human Evolution. 2(2):175-183. 54) Weir, AAS, J Chappell, and A Kacelnik. 2002. Science. 297:981. 55) Stringer, C. 1992. Current Anthropology. 33(3):338-340. 56) Shipman P. 2001. The man who found the missing link: the extraordinary life of Eugene Dubois. Simon & Schuster. 57) Mayr, E and B Campbell. 1971. Nature. 229:253-254.
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Top 25 Creationist Fallacies ExtantDodo 2007-10-06 | The Extant Dodos explain the meaning of the top 25 most common logical fallacies used by creationist speakers with examples from the most popular creationist speakers.
An Extant Dodos Update ExtantDodo 2007-10-03 | A brief update on the current status of our response to CSE's attempt to silence us.
Critical Analysis of John Pendletons Age of the Earth ExtantDodo 2007-09-27 | An in-depth analysis of the claims made by John Pendleton regarding the age of the earth.
We Declare Shenanigans! ExtantDodo 2007-09-17 | On September 10th and 11th of 2007, Creation Science Evangelism began filing DMCA take-down orders against YouTube videos critical of Kent Hovind and CSE. Our videos were some of the man that were affected. This video served as our first public response to the incident. Our approach differed from that of others in that we asked the community to make the issue known beyond the YouTube community in the hope of drawing further public scrutiny to the duplicitous actions of CSE.
Kent Hovind - County Jail Telephone Calls ExtantDodo 2007-09-16 | These calls were made by Kent Hovind while held in the Escambia County Jail prior to his sentencing hearing. Federal prosecuters entered these recordings into public record during Mr. Hovind's sentencing.
HHMIs Stem Cells - Stem Cells and Bio-ethics ExtantDodo 2007-08-08 | Conclusion of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2006 Holiday Lectures in Science series. Drs. Douglas A. Melton and Nadia Rosenthal are joined by Drs. Debra J.H. Matthews and Jonathan D. Moreno to discuss the ethical issues relating to embryonic research.
HHMIs Stem Cells - Stem Cells and the End of Aging ExtantDodo 2007-08-08 | Part 4 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2006 Holiday Lectures on Science series. Dr. Nadia Rosenthal discusses the role stem cells play in aging.
HHMIs Stem Cells - Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells ExtantDodo 2007-08-07 | Part 3 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2006 Holiday Lectures on Science series. Dr. Douglas A. Melton discusses approaches to utilize stem cells in medical treatment.
HHMIs Stem Cells - Adult Stem Cells and Regeneration ExtantDodo 2007-08-07 | Part 2 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2006 Holiday Lectures on Science series. Dr. Nadia Rosenthal discusses adult stem cells and their role in regeneration of normal tissue.
HHMIs Stem Cells - Understanding Embryonic Stem Cells ExtantDodo 2007-08-07 | Part 1 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2006 Holiday Lectures on Science series. Dr. Douglas A. Melton discusses embryonic stem cells and their role in development.
Critical Analysis of A Question of Origins ExtantDodo 2007-07-03 | An in-depth analysis of the anti-evolution claims made by members of the Institute for Creation Research. However, much of their attack on evolutionary biology actually focusses on the physics of the Big Bang. Can these young earth creationists stand up to scientific scrutiny where their fellows have failed? My collaborator and I would like to issue a challenge to the creationists who continue to troll the comment pages on our videos: We have posted 4 videos made by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute which cover topics in evolutionary biology. The challenge is really quite simple: construct a fully-cited critical analysis similar to those which we have made. The lectures were given to high school students; so, the excuse that they are "too complex" is not going to work. It has been over a month. In that time, only one creationist even bothered to step forward and ask about the challenge. Were the HHMI videos too complicated afterall? Currently, we have more than enough videos in the queue. Thank you to those of you that aided in the search for our next creationist star.
HHMIs Evolution - Evolution and Religion ExtantDodo 2007-06-24 | Conclusion of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2005 Holiday Lectures in Science series. Drs. Sean B. Carroll and David M. Kingsley, along with Dr. Michael Ruse and Father James A Wiseman, discuss reconciling religious beliefs and modern science.
HHMIs Evolution - From Butterflies to Humans ExtantDodo 2007-06-24 | Part 4 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2005 Holiday Lectures in Science series. Dr. Sean B. Carroll discusses the evolutionary origin of novel innovations.
HHMIs Evolution - Fossils, Genes, and Embryos ExtantDodo 2007-06-24 | Part 3 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2005 Holiday Lectures in Science series. Dr. David M. Kingsley examines the intertwined relationship between evolutionary biology and developmental biology.
HHMIs Evolution - Selection in Action ExtantDodo 2007-06-24 | Part 2 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2005 Holiday Lectures in Science series. Dr. David M. Kinglsey discusses the dramatic influence natural selection is capable of exerting on wild populations.
HHMIs Evolution - Endless Forms Most Beautiful ExtantDodo 2007-06-24 | Part 1 of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2005 Holiday Lectures on Science series. Dr. Sean B. Carroll traces the development of evolutionary biology from Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle through the advent of modern genetics.
Critical Analysis of the Molecular Collapse of Evolution ExtantDodo 2007-06-22 | An in-depth analysis of the claims made on behalf of Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya). A brief glimpse of the comical state of creationism on the other side of the world. My collaborator and I would like to issue a challenge to the creationists who continue to troll the comment pages on our videos: We have posted 4 videos made by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute which cover topics in evolutionary biology. The challenge is really quite simple: construct a fully-cited critical analysis similar to those which we have made. The lectures were given to high school students; so, the excuse that they are "too complex" is not going to work. It has been over a month. In that time, only one creationist even bothered to step forward and ask about the challenge. Were the HHMI videos too complicated afterall? Currently, we have more than enough videos in the queue. Thank you to those of you that aided in the search for our next creationist star.
Critical Analysis of Way of the Masters Evolution ExtantDodo 2007-05-24 | A critical analysis of the anti-evolution claims made by Way of the Master's Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. Their arguments are supported by a mix of logical fallacies, outright falsehoods, and a complete lack of knowledge concerning evolutionary biology. 1) Way of the Master. About Us. Accessed 20 May 2007. http://www.wayofthemaster.com/about_wotm.shtml 2) Ewald, D. 2003. The Rebirth of Kirk Cameron. Today's Christian. 41(2):20. 3) Bashir, M. ABC News: Kirk Cameron vs. Atheists. Accessed 20 May 2007. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940. 4) Comfort, R. Ray Comfort's BIO Page. Accessed 20 May 2007. http://www.livingwaters.com/bio/index.shtml. 5) Harrison, ER. 2000. Cosmology: The science of the universe. Cambridge University Press. 6) Harre, R. 1972. The Philosophies of Science: An Introductory Survey. Oxford University Press. 7) Freeman, S and JC Herron. 2006. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Benjamin Cummings. 8) Tian, F, OB Toon, AA Pavlov, and H De Sterck. 2005. A hydrogen-rich early Earth atmosphere. Science. 308:1014-1017. 9) Schlesinger, G and SL Miller. 1983. Prebiotic synthesis in atmospheres containing CH4, CO, and CO2. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 19(5):376-382. 10) Copley, J. 2001. The story of O. Nature. 410:862-864. 11) Turner, G. 1981. The development of the atmosphere. In: Evolving Earth, ed. LRM Cocks. British Museum. 12) Coates, MI and JA Clack. 1991. Fish-like gills and breathing in the earliest known tetrapod. Nature. 352:234-236. 13) Shultze, HP and J Chom. 1997. The Permo-Herbivorous genus Sagenodus and the beginning of modern lungfish. Contributions to Zoology. 61(7):9-70. 14) Newman, LJ and LRG Cannon. 2003. Marine Flatworms: The World of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing. 15) Godfrey, LR. 1983. Creationism and gaps in the fossil record. In: Scientists Confront Creationism, ed. LR Godfrey. W.W. Norton. 16) Briggs, DEG, ENK Clarkson, and RJ Aldridge. 1983. The conodont animal. Lethaia. 16:1-14. 17) Luo, ZX, AW Crompton, and AL Sun. 2001. A New mammaliaform from the Early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics. Science 292:1535-1540. 18) Sereno, PC and C Rao. 1992. Early evolution of the avian flight and perching: New evidence from the Lower Creates of China. Science. 255:845-848. 19) Johanson, DC and MA Edey. 1981. Lucy: the beginnings of humankind. Simon and Schister. 20) Smith GE. 1922. Hesperopithecus: the ape-man of the western world. Illustrated London News. 160:942-944. 21) Wolf, J and JS Mellett. 1985. The role of "Nebraska man" in the creation-evolution debate. Creation/Evolution. 16:31-43. 22) Smith, GE. 1927. The evolution of man, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 23) Weldenreich, F. 1946. Apes, Giants, and Men. University of Chicago Press. 24) Weiner, JS. 1955. The Piltdown Forgery. Oxford University Press. 25) Trinkaus, E and P Shipman. 1992. the neandertals: changing the image of mankind. Alfred E Knopf. 26) Straus, WL and AJE Cave. 1957. PAthology and the posture of Neanderthal man. Quarterly Review of Biology. 32(4):384-363. 27) Serre, D, A Langaney, M Chech, M Teschler-Nicola, M Paunovic, and P Mennecler. 2004. No evidence of Neandetal mtDNA contribution to early modern humans. PLoS Biology. 2:313-317. 28) Eldredge, N and SJ Gould. 1972. Punctuated equilibrium: An alternative to phyletic gradualism. In: Models In Paleobiology, ed. TJM Schopf. Freeman, Cooper & Co. 29) Gould, SJ. 1994. Hooking Leviathan by its past. Natural History. 103(May):8-15. 30) Clark, RW. 1985. The Life of Ernst Chain: Penicillin and Beyond. Weldenfeld & Nicolson. 31) Poole, AM, DC Jeffares, and D Penny. 1998. The path from the RNA world. Journalof Molecular Evolution. 46:1-17. 32) Chapman, G, J Cleese, T Gilliam, E Idle, T Jones, M Palin, and B McCable. 2003. The Pythons Autobiography by the Pythons. Orion Publishing Group.
Critical Analysis of Hams What is the Only Answer to Racism ExtantDodo 2007-05-09 | An analysis of young earth creationist Ken Ham's claim that evolutionary biology is responsible for racism in the modern world. Mr. Ham not only make numerous fraudulent claims but actually attempts to replace race based bigotry with other forms of bigotry. My collaborator and I would like to issue a challenge to the creationists who continue to troll the comment pages on our videos: We have posted 4 videos made by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute which cover topics in evolutionary biology. The challenge is really quite simple: construct a fully-cited critical analysis similar to those which we have made. The lectures were given to high school students; so, the excuse that they are "too complex" is not going to work. It has been over a month. In that time, only one creationist even bothered to step forward and ask about the challenge. Were the HHMI videos too complicated afterall? Currently, we have more than enough videos in the queue. Thank you to those of you that aided in the search for our next creationist star.
Critical Analysis of Ken Hams Do Animals Evolve? ExtantDodo 2007-03-20 | An in depth look at the controversial claims made by young earth creationist Ken Ham. Watch as Mr. Ham struggles to ascertain the meaning of "biblical kinds" and constructs a straw man riddled version of evolutionary biology and population genetics. 1) AiG. 2007 About AiG: President Ken Ham. http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/about/ham.asp. 2) Freeman, S and J Herron. 2004. Evolutionary Analysis, 3rd ed. Pearson Prentice Hall. 3) Matsumura, M. 1997. Miracles in, creationism out: "The geophysics of God". Reports of the National Center for Science Education. 17(3):29-32. 4) Wayne, R, E Geffem, D Girman, K Koepfli, L Lau, and C Marshall. 1997. Molecular Systematics of the Canidae. Systematic Biology. 46(4):622-653. Pearson, H. 2006. Genetics: waht is a gene? Nature. 441:398-401. Relter, L, L Potocki, S Chien, M Gribskov, and E Bler. 2001. A systematic Analysis of Human Disease-Associated Gene Sequences in Drosophila melanogaster. Genome Research. 11(6):1114-1125. 7) Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortorium. 2002. Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome. Nature 420:520-562. 8) Wildman, D, M Uddin, G Liu, L Grossman, and M Goodman. 2003. Implications of natural selection in shaping 99.4% nonsynonymous DNA identity between humans and chimpanzees: enlarging genus Homo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 100(12):7181-7188. 9) Klug, W and M Cummings. 2005. Essentials of Genetics, 5th ed. Pearson Prentice Hall. 10) Harpending H, M Batzer, M Gurven, L Jorde, A Rogers, and S Sherry. 1998. Genetic traces of ancient demography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 95(4):1961-1967. 11) International HapMap consortium. 2005. A haplotype map of the human genome. Nature 437:1299-1320. 12) Watson, J. T Baker, S Bell, A Gann, M Levine, and R Losick. 2006. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th ed. Peasron Prentice Hall. 13) Campbell, N and J Reece. 2002 Biology, 6th ed. Benjamin Cummings. 14) Halliburton, R. 2004. Introduction to Population Genetics. Benjamin Cummings. 15) Alstead, D. 2003. Basic Populus Models of Ecology. Pearson Prentice Hall. 16) Wayne, R. 1993. Molecualr Evolution of the Dog Family. Trends in Genetics. 9:214-218. 17) Lee, DJ, J Granja, J Martinez, K Severin, and M Ghadiri. 1996. A self-replicating peptide. Nature. 382:525-528. 18) Maderson, P and L Alibardi. 2000. The development of the Sauropsid integument: A contribution to the problem of the origin and evolution of feathers. American Zoologist. 40(4):512-529. 19) Prijambada, I, S Negoro, T Yomo, and I Urabe. 1995. Emergence of nylon oligomer degredation enzymes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO through experimental evolution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61(5):2020-2022. 20) Daborn, P, J Yen, M Bogwitz, G Le Goff, E Feil, S Jeffers, N Tijel, T Perry, D Heckel, P Batterham, R Feyereisen, T Wilson, and R ffrench-Constant. 2002. A single P450 allele associated with insecticide resistance in Drosophila. Science. 297:2253-2256. 21) Prescott, L J Harley, adn D Klein. 2005. Microbiology, 6th ed. McGraw-Hill. 22) Walsh, C. 2000. Molecular mechanisms that confer antibacterial drug resistance. Nature. 406:775-781. 23) Johnson, WE, E Eizirik, J Pecon-Slattery, W Murphy, A Antunes, E Teeling, and S O'Brien. 2006. The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment. Science. 311:73-77.
Critical Analysis of Kent Hovinds Garden of Eden ExtantDodo 2006-09-24 | Taking an in-depth look at the pseudo-scientific nonsense of creationist Kent Hovind, this documentary covers all of his arguments from his second lecture tape on the Theory of Evolution. However, he once again fails to discuss evolution in the slightest. Instead, he offers a pseudo-scientific romp through mythical vapor canopies and giants proceeds to attack modern paleontology with barely a rudimentary understanding of the topics and concludes with wild conspiracy theories about the medical community.
Critical Analysis of Kent Hovinds Age of the Earth ExtantDodo 2006-08-24 | A critical analysis of the first of Kent Hovind's lecture series on evolution. This video exposes many of the half-truths, misconceptions, and outright lies propagated by Kent Hovind as proof against the Theory of Evolution. However, little in this first lecture has anything to do with the Theory of Evolution. Much of the video is devoted to tangents that have nothing to do with science whatsoever. Many of these tangents as well as Hovind's distasteful jokes have been removed; all of his pseudo-scientific arguments remain intact and are exposed for what they are.
Kent Hovind - Truth in Arguments ExtantDodo 2006-06-15 | A video critiquing controversial speaker Kent Hovind and his theories. Brings to light the fallacies in many of his arguments. Includes clips from his lecture series as well as his interview on the Ali G Show. This video is a satirical glimpse of some of the more outrageous statements made by Mr. Hovind. If you wish to see the refutation of Mr. Hovind's nonsense, please see our critical analysis videos. If you are going to complain, support yourself with evidence; otherwise, you will be banned.
