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We cannot disprove beliefs like these, especially if it is assumed that God took care that his interventions always closely mimicked what would be expected from evolution by natural selection. All that we can say about such beliefs is, firstly, that they are superfluous and, secondly, that they assume the existence of the main thing we want to explain, namely organized complexity. The one thing that makes evolution such a neat theory is that it explains how organized complexity can arise out of primeval simplicity.

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Crocs!

Category: OrganismsScience
Posted on: February 1, 2006 11:03 AM, by PZ Myers

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Olduvai George does it again: another gorgeous, art-filled post on ancient and modern crocodiles, including a reconstruction of the recently discovered Triassic Effigia.

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Posted by: lt.kizhe | February 1, 2006 11:15 AM

Effigia was the subject of a Stephen Colbert rant the other night -- how it disproves evolution, yadda yadda -- and BTW, the fossil was dug up by someone called Colbert. Amusing as usual.

#2

Posted by: Kitty | February 1, 2006 11:53 AM

Dude, those are rad pics! The old "crocs as living fossils" chestnut is just blown out of the water by finds like these.

#3

Posted by: Steviepinhead | February 1, 2006 1:21 PM

As mentioned before, the "Hox Cluster Disintegration" link does not seem to be working correctly...

#4

Posted by: Steviepinhead | February 1, 2006 1:23 PM

But the croc illustrations are indeed delicious!

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Posted by: Anonymous | February 1, 2006 8:02 PM

Oh how I love the drawings Olduvai George posts! They're truly awesome.

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