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		<title>Do We Know What a New Species Is?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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Evolutionary scientists have long assumed that geographic isolation causes species to diverge. A population stranded on an island will become smaller or larger. Populations separated because one group lives in a cave and the other prefers the surface will eventually become distinct species, since their genes no longer commingle. Yet a 2008 study of two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=862&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Book Reviewers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Slipdown Mountain Publications:
Are you a book blogger reviewer or reviewer who’s not afraid to tackle controversial subjects in a fair and balanced (apologies to Fox News) manner?
Well, we’ve got the book made for you.
A lot of hoopla and even misinformation has run rampant through the airwaves and Internet this year in celebration of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=761&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mysterious Microbes Astonish Evolutionists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Darwinism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lake Huron microbes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much do we really know about life on Earth? Read on for the surprising answer...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=701&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did Darwin Create Bigfoot?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/did-darwin-create-bigfoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An academic thinks perhaps he did. Read on to explore the flaws in this hypothesis...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=690&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dissent from Darwinism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many scientists doubt the basic tenets of evolutionary theory? Read on to find out...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=636&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution Conspiracy Is &#8220;Consistently Convincing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-evolution-conspiracy-is-consistently-convincing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Darwinism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[See the latest review from a scientist who has read The Evolution Conspiracy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=611&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Decidedly Irreverent View of Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read on to find out what scientists and reviewers are saying about The Evolution Conspiracy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=601&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution &amp; Fear of Free Thinking</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/evolution-fear-of-free-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[evolution law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana Academic Freedom Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Louisiana law keeps irking evolutionists. Read on to find out why...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=566&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pseudoscientific Intolerance of Evolutionists</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/the-pseudoscientific-intolerance-of-evolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aykut Kence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intolerance isn't reserved for religious zealots. Read the rest of this post to find out how evolutionists have memorized the intolerance handbook too.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=556&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Tell a Species by Its Cover</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/you-cant-tell-a-species-by-its-cover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theory of evolution involves numerous complicated and confounding elements—almost as many elements, I daresay, as DNA itself. Charles Darwin posited that natural selection drives the evolution of species, and this idea has become the cornerstone of evolutionary theory. In natural selection, traits that seem beneficial are preserved in a species while undesirable traits gradually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=114&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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