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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
October 5, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
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, blood vessels, cells, chimpanzees, chromosomes, common sense, Darwinian evolution, daughter cells, Doctor's Diary (series), egg, genes, human cells, information, instructions, kidney cells, London, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, nerve cells, nucleus, organs, ovum, proteins, red blood cells, skin, sperm, white blood cells}

Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

_{Geoffrey Simmons
October 5, 2020

Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 15, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
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, anthropology, apes, basketball, bipedalism, chimpanzees, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, fossils, humans, intelligence, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Lucy, pelvis, Rutgers University}

Doctor’s Diary: No “Butts” About It

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 15, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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An anthropologist writes that the evolution of bipedal-walking primates was primarily caused by the shifting of select bones and muscles in the pelvis. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, apes, atheism, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, creativity, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, human evolution, humans, intelligent design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, Periodic Table, phenotypes, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 27, 2020

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, birds, blood, bones, brain, cartilage, chicken-and-egg problem, chromosomes, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, evolution of the sexes, female, fertilization, fingers, fish, hormones, inbreeding, joints, ligaments, male, muscles, natural selection, nerves, ovum, primates, procreation, Science (journal), Science Advances, sperm, swimming, zygote}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution’s Countless Chicken-and-Egg Conundrums

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 5, 2020

Evolution

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It turned out last week that scientists have been wrong for 350 years about how sperm swim. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
June 11, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, blueprint, brain, cells, Civil War, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), doctors, human body, immunology, intelligent design, medical school, medicine, nurses, oncology, RNA, specialists}

Doctor’s Diary: Jack of All Trades

_{Geoffrey Simmons
June 11, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Changes in the world of medicine strongly show that a master architect has been at work. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
May 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, compassion, coronavirus, courage, Doctor's Diary (series), emotions, fear, intelligent design, joy, love, pain, pandemic, patients, physicians}

Doctor’s Diary: Fear Is a Gift from Our Designer

_{Geoffrey Simmons
May 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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As a physician, I have cared for many patients who were fearful. Often with good reason, but not always. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
April 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibodies, bacteria, cancer, coronavirus, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), fungus, health, Immune System, intelligent design, lungs, macrophages, measles, natural selection, neutrophils, pandemic, paralysis, RNA, vaccination, viruses}

Doctor’s Diary: Our Remarkable Healing Processes and the Coronavirus Infection

_{Geoffrey Simmons
April 15, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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There are several ways to fight this pandemic besides social isolation, wearing masks, and proper hand-washing. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adolescence, aging, birth, brain cells, conception, daughter cells, death, Doctor's Diary (series), dying, estrogen, infancy, medical school, neurons, red blood cells, telomeres, testosterone}

Doctor’s Diary: On Designed Obsolescence

_{Geoffrey Simmons
March 9, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Dying actually begins at conception. From the moment of conception the directions for a person’s demise are passed on to every cell. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
February 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?, blood pressure, brain, breathing, carbon dioxide, Center for Science and Culture, circulation, death, dehydration, Discovery Institute, DNA, doctor, Doctor's Diary (series), dying, exercise, fluids, foresight, health, heartbeat, infection, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, oxygen, purpose, red blood cells, redundancy, running}

Doctor’s Diary: The Ultimate Engineer

_{Geoffrey Simmons
February 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The 4-4-4 rule says that we would perish without oxygen for four minutes, water for four days, or food for four weeks. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 22, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adrenaline, buffalo, cats, chimpanzees, Doctor's Diary (series), Dogs, dolphins, eggs, evolutionary tree, fertilization, Genesis, humans, intelligent design, intimacy, Judaism, mammals, Neanderthals, ovaries, ovum, PNAS, sex, sperm, spiders}

Doctor’s Diary: The Human Difference and the Design of Sex

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 22, 2019

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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It’s safe to say that human intimacy, at its best, surpasses that of any animal, even the most intelligent. Read More ›