Author: Casey Luskin

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, DNA, DNA transcription, ENCODE project, evolution, functionality, genetics, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, junk RNA, Long Story Short, mammalian genome, mouse, native genome, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, noise, noncoding RNAs, proteins, Puffin-D, RNA, RNA sequences, sequence conservation, sequences, Thomas Cech, yeast}

Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

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May 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, bottleneck, chatbots, fossil record, Grok, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, humanity, John Hawks, paleoanthropology}

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

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May 23, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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People are always welcome to change their views in response to what they feel is convincing new evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin–Madison}

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

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May 22, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Paleontology
Tagged
, __trending, Ann Gauger, apes, BIO-Complexity, Brown University, Christians, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, common ancestry, crocodiles, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Developmental Cell, DNA, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fish, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genetic evidence, GULO, Günter Bechly, human chromosome 2, human genetic diversity, Kenneth Miller, National Center for Science Education, Ola Hössjer, paleontologists, Poland, pseudogenes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, theistic evolution, tiktaalik}

Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

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May 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Genetics, Paleontology

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Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biases, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Long Story Short, origin of life, Richard Lewontin, scientific debates, scientific experts}

New Long Story Short Video Explores How Non-Experts Can Assess Scientific Questions

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May 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A new Long Story Short video tries to answer this question: How can a non-expert assess who is right in a complex scientific debate — specifically on the question “How did life begin?” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Tagged
, biology, chromosomes, Daniel Kuebler, DNA, evolution, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genome function, genomic regulation, genomics, humans, mice, molecular biologists, phylogenetic trees, synteny, synteny blocks, Theistic Evolution (book), theistic evolutionists, universal common descent}

Bad Synteny Arguments Claim “No Functional Reason” for Genomic Arrangements

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May 20, 2026

Biology, Genetics

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To skip to the punchline, Kuebler says that "species as distantly related as humans and mice share a huge array of synteny blocks." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, biology, biology class, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Douglas Theobald, Emily Reeves, engineering, evolution, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genetic code, Gerald Fudge, glycolysis, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, lipid membranes, Roman Catholicism, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Barr, Theistic Evolution (book), theistic evolutionists, theology, universal common descent, variant codes, Winston Ewert}

Theistic Evolution Book Cites Debunked Icons

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May 19, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

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Professor Kuebler uses a classical argument for common descent, citing the universality of the genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 18, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __trending, Ann Gauger, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, cranial buttressing, dental function, evolution, First Things, God's Grandeur, Homo erectus, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, Nature (journal), paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Stephen Barr, theology, University of Delaware}

Physicist Overstates the “Gradual” Nature of Human Origins in the Fossil Record

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May 18, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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We’ve gone back and forth with Dr. Barr many times in the past. Mainstream paleoanthropologists acknowledge that the origin of humans is sudden and abrupt. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, ambulacrarian, bilaterians, Brazil, burrows, Cambrian Explosion, ctenophore, Ediacaran biota, fossil record, fossils, Gondwana Research, Günter Bechly, GUT, Joseph Botting, macrofossils, Margaretia, microfossils, National Museum Wales, paleontologists, paleontology, perforations, precambrian fossils, preservation, Science (journal), Science Daily, symmetry, Tamengo Formation, worms}

More Challenges to Ediacaran Animal Fossils

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May 17, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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Joseph Botting is actually very skeptical of the paper’s purported example of an Ediacaran ctenophore, and he believes it is in fact a cnidarian. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, civility, combativeness, criticism, critics, David Snoke, debates, documentary, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, films, intelligent design, interviews, James Tour, Jay Richards, john lennox, Phil Halper, Richard Gunasekera, scholars, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Timothy McGrew, tone}

If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

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May 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›