Recent Problems in Evolution
Studies published over the last few years (1990-2004) have demonstrated increasing numbers of problems associated with the theory of evolution. These studies have been done by scientists that believe that the theory of evolution is true. To a large degree, they represent a small amount of the "negative" research in evolutionary studies. Most investigators are not willing to submit a manuscript for publication that contradicts the current dogma. Reviewers of such manuscripts are unlikely to accept a negative study for publication unless a suitable alternate hypothesis is stated and supported by extensive data.
Table of Contents (listed by date)
2004
- Surprisingly rapid growth in Neanderthals
- Identical DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make a protein.non-coding regions in diverse vertebrate groups
2003
- Stick insects evolved and lost wings at least four times
- Vital function found for mammalian A sequence of DNA that is very similar to a normal gene but that has been altered so it is not expressed.pseudogene
- Ancient human Deoxyribonucleic acid: the chemical inside the nucleus of a cell that carries the genetic instructions for making living organisms.DNA shows humans did not evolve from Neandertals
- Mammalian Conserved Non-Genic Sequences (CNGs)
2002
- Review of inbreeding discredits "species sorting" of punctuated equilibrium
- Oceanic hydrothermal vents out as origin of life site
- Really quickly evolving dinos
- Rapid "evolution" of human brain
- Of mice and men - little genetic difference!
- Of chimps and men - more genetic difference!
2001
- Little Sequence Variation Among Ancient Anatomically Modern Humans
- Modern humans hands down winners over Neanderthals
- Another blow to multiregional evolutionary theory
- Fully formed crustacean found from the early Cambrian
2000
- Discrepancy of genetic and fossil appearance dates of vertebrates
- Neanderthal baby attacks evolutionary dogma
- Little diversity among Neanderthals
1999
- The Adequacy of the Fossil Record
- Molecular clock says eutherian mammals diverged 130 million years ago - fossils indicate 65 million years ago
- Endosymbiosis model of Of or referring to the mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell.mitochondrial origins questioned
- Having a harmful of bad effect.Deleterious A permanent structural alteration in DNA, consisting of either a substitution, insertion or deletion of nucleotide bases.mutation rate too high for humans
- Natural selection's most famous example, the peppered moth, based upon bad science
- Prebiotic Soups - "useful for paving roads"
- Chickens trade reduced immunocompetence for beauty?
- Multiplying improbabilities - fish fins evolved multiple times?
- One dinosaur species found on multiple continents separated by hundreds of miles of ocean!
- Is It Time to Uproot the Tree of Life?
- Origin of Large, Beneficial Permanent structural alterations in DNA, consisting of either substitutions, insertions or deletions of nucleotide bases.Mutations
- "Genetic Purging" (inbreeding) is not good for breeding out Having a harmful of bad effect.deleterious genes
- Adaptive changes not traced to their molecular roots in genes and Organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain, joined together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of the adjacent amino acid residues.proteins
- Botanical tree of life to be pruned?
- Little or no evolution in ecological niches at the species level
- One of the two sex chromosomes, carried by males (1 copy) and females (2 copies) in mammals.X chromosome The order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, or the order of amino acids in a protein molecule.sequence variability 4 times greater in chimps than humans
- Chirality still a problem for origin of life
1998
- Interdependent genes demonstrate limits to evolution
- Extreme fine tuning and design in enzymes
- Lack of eukaryotic cytoskeleton Organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain, joined together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of the adjacent amino acid residues.proteins or precursors in bacteria
- Rapid repopulating of life forms following Permium extinction event
- Large human brains pose energy problem for evolutionists
- No transitional brain sizes between Homo and Australopithecines
- Transition between dinosaur and birds appears 20 million years after first bird
- Sudden appearance of mammals
- Whales lose ancestors?
- No link between ecology and evolution?
- The "very long leap"
- Ancient animals regain their youth
- Recent human origins from One of the two sex chromosomes that determines maleness in mammals, carried and passed down from males to males.Y chromosome study
- Species sorting = species extinction
1997
- Molecular Biology Fails to Confirm Darwinism
- Likelihood ratio tests fail to confirm evolutionary theories
- Climate-Evolution Link Weakens
- Neanderthals were not our ancestors
- Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny fraud rediscovered
- Ice Ages did not effect speciation of North American songbirds
- Birds are not descended from dinosaurs!
- Coordinated stasis - new theory to account for lack of evolution
- No link between climate and evolution in Africa
- Pelvic problems for mammals
- No transitions between starfish larva
- Recent origin of American Indian populations
1996
- Dates calculated from "molecular evolution" do not match those in the fossil record
- Invariant genetic sites in chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll cast doubts on proposed evolutionary schemes
- Hox genes controlling limb development are similar in primitive fish and mammals
- Lucy kicked out of the human family tree?
- Evolutionary Pulse Theory Challenged by new data
1995
- Rapid appearance of birds
- Ancient Bacteria
- Viviparity and placentation must have evolved independently at least 100 times
- Human Genetic Diversity is too small according to Darwinian Theories
- Recent human origins: The "Adam" and "Eve" Theories
- Cambrian explosion included even chordates
1994
- Discontinuous morphological changes in the hominid lineage
- DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make a protein.Non-coding regions of the chloroplast genome
- Dorsal thalamus in vertebrates
- Rapid appearance of Cretacea (whales)
- Recent appearance of Europeans
1993
- Oxygen radical production in aerobic metabolism is a failure in the natural selection process
- Origin of simian An order of mammals including man, apes, monkeys, etc., often characterized by large brains and flexible hands and feet.primates remains a mystery
- The human lung is "primitive" compared to other mammals
- Mortality of All body cells, except the reproductive cells.somatic cells compared to germ cells
- Sudden appearance of new planktic species
- Lack of complexity of amphibian brain
1992
- Evolution or presence of an autonomous syntax module is implausible
- The lack of a universal genetic code is difficult to explain by evolution
- The speciation process is still not well understood
- A linear model for the evolution of H. sapiens remains obscure
- Molecular clock rates of related species do not correlate
- No hominid fossil record before 5 million years ago
- Paradox of the One of the two sex chromosomes that determines maleness in mammals, carried and passed down from males to males.Y chromosome
- Morphological analysis of the "living fossils" leads to confusion regarding origins of tetrapods
- Multiple origins for photosynthetic organelles?
- Heisenberg's uncertainty principle underlies the genesis of evolutionary variability?
- Multiple catastrophic meteor impacts reveal life must have arisen within a period of less than 10 million years
- Modern molecular genetics contradicts many evolutionary theories
- Random existence of mammalian transposable elements
1991
- Diversity of heterochromatin banding patterns in eukaryotic Threadlike "packages" of genes and other DNA in the nucleus of a cell. Different kinds of organisms have different numbers of chromosomes. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, 46 in all: 44 autosomes and two sex chromosomes. Each parent contributes one chromosome to each pair, so children get half of their chromosomes from their mothers and half from their fathers.chromosomes excludes any form of evolutionary descent
- Simultaneous evolution of receptors, ligands, and down-regulatory pathways?
- Evolution of "complex" or composite morphological structures
- Structural and functional similarities in avian and mammalian brains evolved separately during a few million years?
- Recent or ancient evolution of Noncoding sequences of DNA that are initially copied into RNA but are cut out of the final RNA transcript.introns?
- Co-evolution nuclear- Of or referring to the mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell.mitochondrial genomes is unlikely
- Neutral genetic changes have predominated over Darwinian evolutionary changes
1990
- Molecular clock does not tick for eukaryotic histone The order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, or the order of amino acids in a protein molecule.sequences
- Direct interaction between A group of 20 different kinds of small molecules that link together in long chains to form proteins. Often referred to as the "building blocks" of proteins.amino acids and a prototypic adapter A short sequence of single-stranded DNA or RNA often used as probes for detecting complementary DNA or RNA.oligonucleotide is an impossible model for primitive An organic compound made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain, joined together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of the adjacent amino acid residues.protein synthesis
- The evolution of maleness is unlikely according to Darwinian theory
- The origin of the mammalian One of the two sex chromosomes that determines maleness in mammals, carried and passed down from males to males.Y chromosome remains a mystery
- Parallel seasonal delayed implantation of fertilized eggs has evolved independently at least 17 times?
- Hormone-receptor co-evolution seems unlikely from the complex pathways.
- Lack of evolution of isozyme patterns of Jews separated for 2,000 years.
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