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Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions

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Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions

If you think you understand it, you don't know nearly enough about it. Our special issue looks at the biggest myths about evolution

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Evolution myths: Half a wing is no use

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Evolution myths: Evolution is just so unlikely

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Evolution myths: Accepting evolution undermines morality

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Evolution: A guide for the not-yet perplexed

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Evolution: A guide for the not-yet perplexed

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Evolution myths: Everything is an adaptation

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Evolution myths: It doesn't matter if people don't grasp evolution

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Evolution myths: Evolution produces perfect organisms

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Evolution myths: Natural selection is the only means of evolution

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Evolution myths: Natural selection is the only means of evolution

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Evolution myths: Natural selection leads to ever greater complexity

In fact, natural selection often leads to ever greater simplicity. And, in many cases, complexity may initially arise when selection is weak or absent

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Evolution myths: Natural selection cannot explain homosexuality

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Evolution myths: Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics

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Evolution myths: Evolution is limitlessly creative

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Evolution myths: Evolution is limitlessly creative

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