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Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 6, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, bottleneck, dogmatism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, humans, population, population genetics, Richard Buggs, Science (journal)}

New Article in Science Boosts Plausibility of a Primordial Pair

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 6, 2023

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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These new developments underscore the fact that there is no room for dogmatism about claims concerning the smallest population size of humans. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood clotting, blood-clotting cascade, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, common design, Evolution News, evolutionary history, fibrinogen, gene duplication, genes, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, neo-Darwinian theory, Russell Doolittle}

Has Russell Doolittle Provided an Evolutionary Explanation of the Blood Clotting Cascade?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 28, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Doolittle predicts, from an evolutionary framework, that jawless vertebrates would have a simpler blood clotting cascade than the human system. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bleeding, blood-clotting cascade, Darwin's Black Box, death, fibrinogen, fish, irreducibly complex systems, mammals, Michael Behe, neo-Darwinian theory, pregnancy, purifying selection, Russell Doolittle, vertebrates}

Why the Blood Clotting Cascade Challenges Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The coagulation cascade cannot evolve unless there is simultaneously a mechanism in hand for controlling it. Both would have to arise at the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood-clotting cascade, Center for Science and Culture, circulatory system, Darwin's Black Box, enzymes, evolution, fibrinogen, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Michael Behe, Retraction Crisis, unguided processes}

The Incredible Design of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 23, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Recently, a commenter on the Center for Science and Culture’s Facebook page asked about a paper by the late biochemist Russell F. Doolittle. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, baby, birth, blood, circulatory system, David Galloway, fetus, heart, intelligent design, lungs, physiology, placenta, uterus}

The Genius of the Fetal Circulatory System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 3, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Last week, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. It is difficult to imagine a more profound testimony to design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, bacterial cell division, cell wall, evolution, foresight, glycosyltransferases, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural selection, penicillin, peptides, self-replication}

Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, chloroquine, confirmation bias, crickets, Dave Farina, debates, evolution, flagellum, Google, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, malaria, Michael Behe, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Pseudomonas fluorescens, science educators, The Edge of Evolution, Twitter, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

My “Debate” with Professor Dave

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On Twitter, Dr. McLatchie took some time to engage in an exchange with Farina, which reflects the quality of the latter’s thinking, such as it is. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 3, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibodies, ATP, cilia, egg, enzymes, evolution, flagellum, foresight, head, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, seminal fluid, sperm cells}

The Design of the Seminal Fluid and Sperm Capacitation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 3, 2023

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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There is no cause in the universe that is known to have such a capacity of foresight other than intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, teleology, uterus, zygote}

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptive mutations, Africa, Darwin Devolves, Dave Farina, de novo genes, evolution, evolutionary change, evolutionary theory, François Jacob, genes, hemoglobin, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, New York City, non-coding DNA, Professor Dave Explains, Richard Lenski, The Edge of Evolution, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite Mr. Farina’s smug condescension and patronizing demeanor, he fails to mount a credible critique of Dr. Behe’s thesis. Read More ›