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Creation Research Society Quarterly Volume 43 December 2006 Number 3 Articles Departments The Crab Nebula ........................................................... 140 Editorial .......................................................................... 137 Don B. DeYoung Notes from the Panorama of Science Mammals, Mammal-like Reptiles, The Current Status of Baraminology ............................ 149 Shared Features, and Origins .............................187 Todd Charles Wood When Time Runs Out for Evolution Did Death Occur Before the Fall? A Further Critique from a Fish (Tiktaalik) to Tetrapods ...................188 of the Progressive Creationism of Hugh Ross ....... 160 Letters to the Editor ...................................................... 189 Jonathan Henry Book Reviews Charles Darwin’s Faulty Scholarship—A Review ........ 170 Dinosaurs: Where Did They Come from…Where Jerry Bergman Did They Go? by Elaine Graham Kennedy ...... 139 The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science A Large Cliff Scarp Exposure of Beach-Nourished by Tom Bethell .................................................. 147 Sands Along the St. Andrew Bay Channel, Florida: Buried Alive, The Startling Truth about Evidence for the Rapid Formation Neanderthal Man by Jack Cuozzo .................... 158 of Siliciclastic Stratigraphy ..................................... 180 Godless: The Church of Liberalism Carl R. Froede Jr. by Ann Coulter .......................................... 168, 169 Secrets of the Ica Stones and Nazca Lines by Dennis Swift ................................................. 178 The Coming Wrath by John Reed ............................ 186 Cover design by Michael Erkel: Minutes of 2006 CRS Board of Directors Meeting ..... 195 Michael Erkel and Associates, 1171 Carter Street, Instructions to Authors ................................................... 197 Crozet, Virginia 22932 Membership/Subscription Application ........................ 199 The Creation Research Society Quarterly is published by the Creation Research Society, 6801 N. Highway 89, Editorial Staff Chino Valley, AZ 86323, and it is indexed in the Chris- Kevin L. Anderson, Editor tian Periodical Index and the Zoological Record. George F. Howe, Biology Editor John K. Reed, Geology Editor Send papers on all subjects to the Editor: Eugene F. Chaffin, Physics Editor Kevin L. 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Volume 43, December 2006 137 Blogging with Zimmer ast summer an Institute for defect than sickle-cell anemia). I invited I further argued that sickle-cell trait Creation Research (ICR; San- him to enlighten us poor creationists in is still degenerative, even if subclinical. Ltee, CA) weekly radio program an “editor’s forum” in CRSQ or any oth- Hence, regardless of any benefit against focused on evolutionists’ claims that er format of his choosing. He declined, malaria, it is useless as an example of humans are still evolving. As one of the saying he was satisfied with what he had a genetic mechanism for “common scientists interviewed for this program, I written in his blog. He later stated that descent.” Degeneration of the hemo- discussed the genetics of human evolu- he thought I had made an odd request. globin molecule does not provide an tion and argued that mutations, such as Why would an invitation to participate example of a genetic mechanism for the that leading to sickle-cell trait/anemia, in such a forum be an “odd request”? evolutionary origin of hemoglobin or cannot be offered as examples of con- Apparently it is an “odd request” if you any other biological system or molecule. tinuing human evolution. are only interested in being contemptu- Rather, it is just the opposite. One of the listeners to that particular ous of those who have a differing view To his credit, Mr. Zimmer im- program was the writer (and evolution- and have no real interest in scientific mediately provided a rather lengthy ist activist), Carl Zimmer, author of discourse and enlightenment. response, although it still had a conde- several books, including Smithsonian In light of Mr. Zimmer’s declin- scending flavor. He first introduced the Intimate Guide to Human Origins and ing my invitation, I went directly to Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. Not the comment section of his blog and surprisingly, Mr. Zimmer took strong posted a peppery response. Part of my exception to the content of the program, response was to challenge Mr. Zimmer’s particularly my comments. He expressed assumption “that any positively selected his disagreement on his web blog site.1 mutation is beneficial, and all beneficial Among his various claims, he argued mutations serve evolution. This is true that I had totally misunderstood what only if you refuse to acknowledge that sickle-cell trait/anemia was and how it evolution is actually common descent, applied to evolution. In a sarcastic and and not just merely any change. Unlike condescending manner (all too common ‘any change,’ common descent has very Zimmer challenged for vocal evolutionists these days), he specific genetic requirements, and it challenged my scientific competency, must account for the origin of biological as well as that of anyone associated with systems and functions, not their demise. my scientific ICR. Specifically addressing sickle-cell, There are many examples of mutations he argued that “people only get sickle- that have a positively selected transient competency, cell anemia when they inherit two copies benefit, but they are at the expense of of this gene. One copy gives protection pre-existing biological systems (many as well as that to malaria. On balance, natural selection antibiotic resistances fit into this cat- thus favors the gene in regions with high egory). The sickle cell trait (only one of anyone rates of malaria.” gene) can still cause a deformity of the I e-mailed Mr. Zimmer, stating red blood cell, and often causes