Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell Articles

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  Does Human Evolutionary History Hang on a Sugar Tree?

  

  Oct. 6, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Scientists report the biochemical footprint of a particular sugar polymer—a type that modern humans cannot make—has been found in an ancient African fossil.

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  Why We Help: Do Our Microbes Make Us Do It?

  

  Sept. 15, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  A group of scientists at Tel Aviv University propose that bacteria in our intestines may be responsible for human altruism.

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  Why “Egg-Shaped” Varies So Much

  

  Aug. 21, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  The diversity of bird egg shapes spans a wide range from spherical to elliptical with many degrees of asymmetry. Why?

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  Can Amphioxus Shed Light on the Origin of Our Brain?

  

  July 30, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Amphioxus is an “obvious” link between invertebrates and vertebrates for those who believe they must be linked by a shared evolutionary ancestor.

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  Humans’ Poor Sense of Smell Is an Evolutionary Myth

  

  July 27, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  We’ve all heard that, compared to mammalian animals like dogs, humans have a poor sense of smell. Did you know that this notion is a 19th century myth?

• The Relevance of the Reformation

  

  July 14, 2017

  The Reformation reshaped the religion and politics of Europe centuries ago. But the Reformation carries a vital message—a warning—for the modern Christian.

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  Unearthing Gospel Traces in Ancient Egyptian Religion

  

  June 9, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Ancient Egyptians were quite conscious of their sinful hearts and recognized the threat their guilty hearts posed to their chances for eternal bliss.

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  Naked Mole-Rats: Evolutionary Marvel or God’s Grand Design?

  

  June 2, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Naked mole-rats survive extreme oxygen deprivation in their crowded burrows by switching on fructose metabolizing machinery in their heart and brain cells.

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  Origin of Fangblenny Fish's Unusual Venom

  

  May 19, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  The tiny tropical fangblenny reveals fangs when it opens its mouth, but unusual venom is the real key to its defense—and to the defense of its look-alikes.

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  Does Gill Embryology Show Fish Evolved from a Common Ancestor?

  

  April 26, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Evolutionists believe that new information about gill embryology suggests gills evolved in the common ancestor of all fish.

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  Greek Mythology and the Gospel of Jesus Christ: What Can We Learn?

  

  April 7, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  The stories about origins of the Greek gods stand in contrast to the one true God, who according to the Bible is not a created being but has always existed.

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  Designer Feet: Foundations for Walking, but Not up the Evolutionary Ladder

  

  April 6, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Are human feet the foundational distinction between knuckle-walking apes and us? How did we learn to walk this way?

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  Preservation of Dinosaur Protein Fragments Flies in the Face of Evolution’s Millions-of-Years

  

  March 31, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Observable science confirms preserved collagen fragments in dinosaur bone are authentic, but does not show protein can be preserved for millions of years.

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  Was Our Oldest Itty-Bitty Ancestor All Mouth?

  

  March 21, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Saccorhytus is, the authors believe, the oldest and simplest known deuterostome, the evolutionary forebear of all vertebrates and some invertebrates.

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  Resolving Human Evolutionary Dating Dilemmas

  

  Feb. 21, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Let’s look at the molecular clock credited with resolving the timeline and see if we are “closer than ever to a timeline for human evolution.”

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  Liquid Droplets Begat Life?

  

  Jan. 30, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Biophysicists, observing the fascinating properties of liquid droplets, propose that liquid droplet physics could explain how life began.

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  What Would a Monkey Say If It Had a Mind to?

  

  Jan. 17, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Though monkeys can’t imitate human language despite speech-ready vocal tracts because of their brains’ wiring, their versatile alarm calls meet their needs.

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  One Small Step for DNA, One Giant Leap for Man’s Brain

  

  Jan. 4, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  If we share a common ancestor with a chimpanzee, as evolutionists confidently maintain, then how did our brains leap so far ahead in size and capability?

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  Mathematical Solution to the Mystery of Animal Ornamentation

  

  Dec. 22, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Scientists from Northwestern University have developed a mathematical model that may help explain animal ornamental mysteries.

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  Are Humans Evolving Through Caesarean Sections?

  

  Dec. 16, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the modern practice of Caesarean section is rapidly altering human evolution.

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  Discovery Said to Show Dinosaurs Walked with Their Evolutionary Ancestors

  

  Dec. 13, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Dinosaurs and lagerpetids (their supposed evolutionary ancestors) have been found fossilized together, indicating they lived at the same time.

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  Where Should We Look for LUCA, Supposed Ancestor of All Life?

  

  Dec. 9, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  The microbe LUCA is supposed to have been the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all living things.

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  Four-Legged Snake Fails as a Transitional Form and Perhaps Even as a Snake

  

  Nov. 22, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Hailed as a transitional form between modern snakes and their supposed lizard ancestors, Tetrapodophis amplectus is now the subject of heated controversy.

• Stop Calling Neanderthals “Not-Quite-Human Creatures”!

  

  Nov. 20, 2016

  A while back many were shocked to learn that Neanderthal genes and Denisovan genes were present in the genomes of many modern people.

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