SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Evolution -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Brumar89 who wrote (37809)6/22/2013 11:00:23 PM
From: 2MAR$  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
You wanted clarity on the Cambrian, the review of Stephen Meyers latest hopeless travesty is out and its complete & completely devasting.
pandasthumb.org

(By one Nick Matzke who was chief instrument in exposing them at the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover --> sciohost.org trial when Discovery Institute turned tail then in total defeat for their attempt at wholesale distortion of modern biology, you remember that don't you?)

The testimony of Kevin Padian in Kitzmiller v. Dover

Edited by Nick Matzke, National Center for Science Education
Version 1.1

This web page contains the testimony given by U.C. Berkeley paleontologist Kevin Padian during his appearance as an expert witness in the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover case. Padian is also the president of the board of directors of the National Center for Science Education. Padian's exhibit slides are included in the transcript, and are also available separately.

Sections: Background (by Nick Matzke) Copyright and Reproduction Information Expert Qualifications Direct Examination Introduction Classification, Ancestors, And Relationships Creationism and the Fossil Record
I. "Irreducible Complexity" and the evolution of major adaptations
II. The "Cambrian Explosion"
III. How vertebrates gained land (the "fish-amphibian" transition)
IV. The Origin of Birds
V. Fossil Mammals
The Evolution of the Ear in Mammals
The Origin of Whales Creationist misrepresentations of Homology and Analogy
Pandas on homology: the real wolf and Tasmanian "wolf"
IDCers prefer the explanation of special creation over descent
Cross Examination Cross Examination (continued) Redirect Acknowledgements

meme