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Darwin-Free Science Is Possible November 29, 2021 | David F. Coppedge Scientists can just report the evidence without evolutionary stories. Here’s a good example and a bad example. Seals and sea lions, both pinnipeds, have whiskers. Sea lions have ear flaps and can ‘walk’ with their front flippers. (Corel Pro Photos) Good Example: Sea Lions Sea lion whiskers can move like human fingertips: here’s how we found out (Robyn Grant, The Conversation). This is an enjoyable story of good old-fashioned experimental science. Grant, a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Physiology and Behaviour at Manchester Metropolitan University, tells how her team answered...