Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Professional, peer-reviewed papers about natural selection, illustrating how it supports a recent creation within a biblical framework

Dubious Claims About Natural Selection

Dubious Claims About Natural Selection

Dr. Jean Lightner • Jan. 30, 2019

This brief examination of Jason Lisle’s paper highlights that misunderstanding about natural selection is more prevalent among creationists than he suggests.

No Replacement of Darwin

No Replacement of Darwin

Stefan Frello • April 25, 2018

Jeanson takes on a formidable task: To show that the theory of evolution is wrong, and to replace it with biblical creation. To make it short: Jeanson fails.

Parasitology and Creation

Parasitology and Creation

Dr. Matthew E. Ingle • Feb. 4, 2015

As we learn more about parasites, which don’t seem to be “good” design, we will understand better how the parasitic lifestyle resulted from the Fall.

Does Natural Selection Exist?

Does Natural Selection Exist?

Dr. Nathaniel T. Jeanson • Aug. 7, 2013

How did the modern diversity of life arise from the created kinds of Genesis 1 and from the kinds taken on board the Ark? Did natural selection play a role?

Toward an Accurate Model of Variation in DNA

Toward an Accurate Model of Variation in DNA

Mitchel Soltys • March 2, 2011

The Bible’s description of created kinds implies an information model which uses variables. The findings in this paper show that a model which uses variables forms a basis for understanding biology.

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

Dr. Jerry Bergman • March 31, 2010

Although the play was widely believed to be an accurate synopsis of the historical trial, often called the Trial of the Century, it grossly distorted the actual events of history.

Fraud and Forgery in Paleoanthropology

Fraud and Forgery in Paleoanthropology

Dr. Jerry Bergman • Dec. 23, 2009

A review of the history of paleoanthropology leads to the conclusion that the discipline is far less objective than that for physics, chemistry, or even biology.

Genetics of Coat Color II

Genetics of Coat Color II

Dr. Jean Lightner • June 10, 2009

Recognizing the population bottleneck which occurred in land animals at the time of the Flood, it is clear that genetic variation was once more limited than it is today.

Toward An Understanding of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Toward An Understanding of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Tom Hennigan • Feb. 18, 2009

As we seek to discover the intent of the Designer, we can enhance our stewardship of the land by using this symbiosis to re-establish polluted and disturbed landscapes and grow sustainable crops.

There Is No Darwin Conspiracy

There Is No Darwin Conspiracy

Todd Charles Wood • Jan. 28, 2009

Some contend that Charles Darwin plagiarized his theory of evolution. Whether you agree with the man or not, however, the evidence suggests the idea is his.

Genetics of Coat Color I

Genetics of Coat Color I

Dr. Jean Lightner • Oct. 8, 2008

Given the number of alleles within baramins, much of the diversity at this locus must have developed since the genetic bottleneck at the Flood where only a single breeding pair was preserved.

Natural Selection on Answers Research Journal

Evolutionary ideas assert that natural selection is one of the major driving forces for molecules-to-man evolution. Natural selection, or “survival of the fittest,” is the observable process by which organisms with specific characteristics survive and reproduce better in a given environment. Over billions of years, evolutionists propose that this mechanism adds novel genetic information (generated by random mutations), resulting in new structures and functions that allow one kind of organism to evolve into a different kind of organism.

The aim of these research papers in Answers Research Journal (ARJ) is to show what natural selection can achieve in the present through examples (e.g., Darwin’s finches) and how the process supports a recent creation within a biblical framework. These professional, peer-reviewed papers address issues related to natural selection and how that relates to other disciplines. Our journal considers natural selection in light of creation, evolution, biblical scholarship, genetics, baraminology, the fall, and more.

Charles Darwin popularized natural selection as a process by which evolution could be achieved. However, observable evidence clearly shows that natural selection cannot do what evolution requires. Natural selection results in a loss or reshuffling of genetic information, not the gain of information evolution requires. This process merely selects from what is already present and does not create anything new. Natural selection can result in variation and speciation within a biblical kind but not what is necessary for molecules-to-man evolution.


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