Spiderwebs, Eyespots in Birds, and Nested Hierarchies 9-13-2014 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2014-09-14

Evolutionary theory is often defended nowadays by saying that biology forms a nested hierarchy and that only evolution accounts for that fact. Two recent articles note that orb weaver spiders and birds with eyespots do not follow that nested hierarchy, making this argument for evolution problematic.

1. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IVDhierarchies.shtml
2. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html
3. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(14)00750-7
4. http://www.nature.com/news/spider-gene-study-reveals-tangled-evolution-1.15578
5. http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/natures-take-on-orb-weaving-spiders-tangled-evolution/
6. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1790/20140823
7. http://darwins-god.blogspot.com/2014/07/birds-with-ornamental-eyespots-have.html
8. http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/birds-with-ornamental-eyespots-have-unlikely-neighbors/
9. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v421/n6920/full/nature01313.html

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