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What about Richard Carrier? Would you recommend his work?

Good point.

How would you do it? The best way I can think of is to use ERVs With the help of a diagram, it's easy to explain. I can't see how someone could manage to simply ignore this logic.

Seems great, thank you :) I 've also found a few books on the subject in this section of Sam Harris' website.

Hi, I'd like to learn more about the history of christianity (how the new testament was written, who chose which epistles to include in the bible, how Constantine became a christian, etc.) Does anyone have any book or documentary to suggest?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7OclPDN_s

I was hoping for some confirmation that those are real examples of atavism, not hoaxes of some kind. I'm highly skeptical that such spectacular atavisms are possible. In the case of the snake, I don't see how it could have preserved so well the genetic material for making a claw, since those...

I've come across this story from 2009 : http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/863766/snake-born-with-hand-shocks-scientists Sadly, I haven't found any follow-up. Does anyone know what happened with this? Same thing with this picture ...

I don't blame you, my question was pretty misleading. That's great, thank you :)

Thanks, that's what I was looking for. But, what I would really like to see is a diagram that shows how the same trees can be build by using different methods. It's nice to show that we're able to build a nested hierarchy from the genes, but it's not enough to convince a creationist. Can you...

Can you prove me wrong?