The TalkOrigins Archive

The TalkOrigins Archive is perhaps the best internet resource on the topics of creationism and evolution. Here I'll go through a few of the best pages on the site, though I may expand on some of these in future posts.

• Index to Creationist Claims – A fairly comprehensive guide to common creationist claims and the scientific responses to them.
• Flood Geology – These pages cover the many problems with Noah's flood. The first one on the list is especially good.
• 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution – Presents many converging lines of evidence that all point toward common descent.
• Transitional Fossil Vertebrates FAQ – "There are no transitional fossils" is practically a mantra to creationists, but in reality there are hundreds.
• Fossil Hominids – Presents an enormous amount of fossil evidence for human evolution.
• All About Archaeopteryx – Creationists hate archaeopteryx because it's so obviously transitional between dinosaurs and birds. They try to claim it's "fully bird," and this page shows why they're utterly wrong.
• Observed Instances of Speciation – The creationists love to say that speciation has never been observed, but this page makes it clear that those who claim so are either ignorant or dishonest.
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Probability of Abiogenesis Calculations – This page demonstrates why creationist calculations relating to the origin of life are totally disconnected from reality.
• Irreducible Complexity and Michael Behe – Irreducible complexity has a sort of superficial appeal to it. This page shows why that's as far as it goes.