Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell Articles

• In-Depth Article

  Did Tiktaalik’s Pelvis Prepare Fish to Walk on Land?

  Feb. 21, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Previously shrouded in mystery, Tiktaalik’s pelvis supposedly sheds new light on the evolution of ambulatory hindquarters.

• In-Depth Article

  How Cavefish Went Blind, and Why It Matters

  Feb. 17, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  What makes cavefish go blind? Now we know (or at least we have evidence for a strong possibility). But it isn’t evolution!

• In-Depth Article

  Why Do Arms and Legs Come in Pairs?

  Feb. 15, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  You only have two arms and two legs because your gut got in the way, evolutionists say.

• Questioning Darwin: a Review

  Feb. 12, 2014 from Countering the Culture

  Questioning Darwin, a new HBO documentary filmed in part at the Creation Museum contrasts the views of Charles Darwin with those of Christians who accept the Bible’s account of creation.

• In-Depth Article

  Geneticists Duel Over Dates for “Y-Chromosomal Adam”

  Feb. 11, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Setting the molecular clock to ring for “Adam” is creating controversy among geneticists.

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  Why Do So Many Birds Fly in a V Formation?

  Feb. 7, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Birds flying in V formation take aeronautical engineering to new heights.

• In-Depth Article

  How the Scorpion Got Its Sting

  Feb. 3, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  A genetically engineered toxin is said to show how scorpions evolved.

• Feedback Article

  Feedback: Discovery.com asks, “Should Scientists Debate Creationists?”

  Jan. 31, 2014 from Feedback

  This very title promotes a misconception that the debate should clarify for many.

• In-Depth Article

  Honeybees Navigate with a Map of Polarized Light

  Jan. 30, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  The uncanny ability of honeybees to remember and communicate the location of sweet nectar has been the subject of ongoing investigations.

• Research Paper

  Fish Fins Are Not Fingers That Failed

  Jan. 28, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Fish fingers were never on the evolutionary menu.

• In-Depth Article

  Fossil Hand Turns Back the Clock on Tools for Human Evolution

  Jan. 25, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Hand fit for a human found surprisingly deep in the fossil record.

• In-Depth Article

  Nutcracker Man’s Diet Was Rich in Brain Food After All

  Jan. 21, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Bright baboons know nutritional needs of “Nutcracker Man” were no problem.

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  Epigenetic Changes Let Mice Inherit Their Fathers’ Fears

  Jan. 9, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Are inherited fears mere fodder for novels, or is there some basis for them in science?

• In-Depth Article

  Secrets of the Messel Pit, a Fossil Graveyard

  Jan. 4, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  The Messel Pit preserves animals suddenly and catastrophically buried in the wake of the global Flood.

• Fig Wasp Fossil Said to Pre-Date Figs by 65 Million Years

  Dec. 26, 2013 from News to Know

  Fig wasp fossil shows up too “soon” in the fossil record.

• Research Paper

  Super-salty Water Sealed Beneath Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater

  Dec. 5, 2013 from News to Know

  Does the Chesapeake Bay crater memorialize a meteorite impact from the time of Noah’s Flood?

• In-Depth Article

  Iron Key to Preserving Dinosaur Soft Tissue

  Dec. 4, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  Iron may be the key to the surprising preservation of dinosaur soft tissue.

• First Life on Earth

  Nov. 25, 2013 from News to Know

  Microbially-induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in ancient Australian Archean rock match marks made by modern microbes.

• Did Archaeopteryx Evolve Flight and Then Get Grounded?

  Nov. 21, 2013 from News to Know

  “Proto-bird” or transitional form? Archaeopteryx gets its walking papers at Los Angeles conference.

• New Tyrannosaur Pushes Back Evolutionary Timeline

  Nov. 9, 2013 from News to Know

  Remarkably advanced tyrannosaur too low on the evolutionary staircase complicates dinosaur lineage.

• Research Paper

  Do Chimp Alarm Calls Reveal How Human Language Evolved?

  Nov. 7, 2013 from News to Know

  Does the chimpanzee ability to see-a-snake and sound-a-signal recapitulate the evolutionary underpinnings of human language?

• In-Depth Article

  Does the Dmanisi Discovery Demonstrate We Are All One Family?

  Nov. 6, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  Does the curious mosaic cobbled from the Dmanisi dig demonstrate we are all one family?

• Vegetarian Piranhas’ Teeth Point to Pre-Fall Perfection

  Oct. 31, 2013 from News to Know

  The fearsome piranha’s vegetarian version uses its teeth to shred plants, not meat.

• Did Our Ancestors Evolve Into Humans Feet First?

  Oct. 21, 2013 from News to Know

  Belief that bipedal locomotion was the key to human evolution gets flipped on its hands.

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