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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan McLatchie

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Retrovirus Replication A retrovirus in the process
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
May 26, 2011
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Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Do Shared ERVs Support Common Ancestry?

Jonathan McLatchie
May 26, 2011
Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology
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In my previous article, I discussed the background of one of the most commonly made arguments for primate common ancestry. In this article, I want to examine the first of the three layers of evidence offered by a popular-level article written about this subject. Read More ›
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A close up of a virus in a greenish blue color
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
May 25, 2011
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Evolution
Life Sciences
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Revisiting an Old Chestnut: Retroviruses and Common Descent (Updated)

Jonathan McLatchie
May 25, 2011
Evolution, Life Sciences
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One common argument for common descent which one hears very frequently in the evolutionary literature concerns the placement of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in orthologous loci in primate genomes. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
April 11, 2011
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Does Life Use a Non-Random Set of Amino Acids?

Jonathan McLatchie
April 11, 2011
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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If chance and necessity are seemingly inadequate, either on their own or in co-operation, what about the causal powers of agent causality? If, in every other realm of experience, such features are routinely attributed to intelligent causes, and we have seen no reason to think that this intuition is mistaken, are we not justified in positing and inferring that these systems we are finding in biology also originated at the will of a purposive conscious agent? Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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March 24, 2011
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Evolution
Life Sciences
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“Junk DNA” and the Molecular Basis of Cell Identity

Jonathan McLatchie
March 24, 2011
Evolution, Life Sciences
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Once thought to be "junk," or functionless vestiges of once-protein-coding-genes which have, through the course of evolutionary history, mutated to a state of non-functionality, the research documents that these lincRNAs have an extremely important -- even crucial -- role with respect to the determination of cellular identity. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
March 15, 2011
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Michael Behe Hasn’t Been Refuted on the Flagellum

Jonathan McLatchie
March 15, 2011
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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It seems that the bacterial flagellum is as much a — and perhaps a greater — challenge to Darwinism as it was when Behe first wrote Darwin's Black Box in 1996. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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March 7, 2011
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Has Francis Collins Changed His Mind On “Junk DNA”?

Jonathan McLatchie
March 7, 2011
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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The discoveries of the past decade, little known to most of the public, have completely overturned much of what used to be taught in high school biology. If you thought the DNA molecule comprised thousands of of genes but far more "junk DNA," think again. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
February 22, 2011
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Does “Speedy Evolution” of PCB Resistance Help Darwinism?

Jonathan McLatchie
February 22, 2011
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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While the NYT commentators may want the uninitiated reader to come away with the impression that this is an impressive feat which has been accomplished by the Darwinian mechanism, the original paper tells a very different story. Read More ›

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