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	<title>Backyard Phenomena &#187; Evolution / Human Origins</title>
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		<title>The Fatal Flaws in Evolution Surveys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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Back in February, to coincide with Charles Darwin’s birthday, several organizations commissioned public opinion polls about evolution. Thanks to the NewsBlaze site, I later discovered yet another of these surveys—this time conducted in the UK. Like other surveys, this one is fatally flawed.
The NewsBlaze op-ed refers to a February article in The Guardian newspaper.The original [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=865&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
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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>Have Aliens Influenced Life on Earth?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/have-aliens-influenced-life-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alien intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOXP2 gene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone wonders where life came from, how it came to be, and what process led to the diversity of life-forms we see today. Polls have shown that about 40% of Americans believe in evolution, or the idea that life developed slowly over millions of years, which leaves 60% who don&#8217;t believe in evolution or aren&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=820&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtual Conspiracy Tour</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-virtual-conspiracy-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Evolution Conspiracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next month I&#8217;ll embark on a virtual book tour to spread the word about The Evolution Conspiracy. From interviews to guest posts to new reviews of the book, the tour will crisscross the globe via blogs and podcasts. Learn more about the virtual tour here:
http://pumpupyourbookpromotion.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/lisa-a-shiel-the-evolution-conspiracy-vol-1-exposing-lifes-inexplicable-origins-and-the-cult-of-darwin-virtual-book-tour-november-2009/
I send out a big thank you to Jaime McDougall for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=795&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bigfoot Is No Ape, Primatologist Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hominids / Apes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If it&#8217;s real, this animal is exceedingly human-like,&#8221; [Esteban] Sarmiento said. &#8220;It would be our closest relative on earth.&#8221;&#8211;read the source article
I&#8217;ve been saying this for a long time, particularly in my book Backyard Bigfoot. Sarmiento has studied apes, and says the Bigfoot seen in the Patterson film does not look like an ape but, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=793&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Reality of Michigan&#8217;s Sunken Structures</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-reality-of-michigans-sunken-structures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient hunting sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Huron sunken structures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan's ancient history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple months ago I mused about the possibility of sunken temples under the waters of Lake Superior. As I snorkeled in Lake Superior over the summer, floating over sandstone precipices and boulders probably dropped there by glaciers thousands of years ago, I couldn&#8217;t help noticing how many of the rock formations resembled ruined temples. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=790&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Paranormal in Michigan</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-paranormal-in-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General paranormal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystical Michigan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Explore the mystical and esoteric in Michigan on Chad Stuemke&#8217;s website:
http://www.chadstuemke.com/
I recommend the Michigan relics article, for a piece of forgotten history.
Posted in Archaeology, General paranormal Tagged: mystical Michigan      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=784&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Book Reviewers</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/calling-all-book-reviewers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darwinism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Evolution Conspiracy]]></category>

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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>Evolution Mysteries &amp; More</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/evolution-mysteries-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Evolution Conspiracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my latest posts over on the Evolution Conspiracy blog:

Have scientists proved the fusion of bacteria types spawned complex life? Read my latest comment.
Their origins is not the only mystery surrounding eyes. Read another of my recent comments.
DNA is one of the keystone tools of evolutionary science, but recent incidents have called into question [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=759&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The (Un)reliability of DNA Evidence</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/the-unreliability-of-dna-evidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theories / Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA evidence reliability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[falsified data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DNA is one of the keystone tools of evolutionary science. Scientists have heralded DNA as the “code of life,” the critical component in our quest to understand life on earth. Recent incidents, though, have called into question the reliability of DNA evidence&#8230;
Read the full post at http://evolutionconspiracy.com/
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