Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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 Witt

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Samotherium
Photo: Skull of Samotherium, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
December 9, 2025
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Evolution
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A Link Between the Okapi and the Giraffe? It Seems Not

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 9, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
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The question of how the giraffe’s extremely long neck originated remains entirely unresolved within an evolutionary framework. Read More ›
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Image source; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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December 1, 2025
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New Paper: Giraffe Fossil Record Defies Neo-Darwinism

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 1, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
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Results have been obtained in definite contrast to the expectations of the neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›
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Mother and baby koalas on the tree.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
February 14, 2025
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Botany
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design — The Case of Koalas

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 14, 2025
Botany, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Zoology
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I note and discuss an astounding case of convergence between humans and koalas, “the only non-primates with fingerprints.” Read More ›
koala
Photo credit: Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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February 13, 2025
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Evolution
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Richard Dawkins, the Koala, and the Giraffe

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 13, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We are pleased to offer this Abstract from a new paper, “Richard Dawkins, the Koala, and the Giraffe: How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design.” Read More ›
panda
Photo credit: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
July 21, 2024
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
July 21, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Read More ›
Giant_Panda_Eating
Photo credit: Chen Wu from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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June 27, 2024
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New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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"If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?" Read More ›
Loddigesia mirabilis
Photo: Loddigesia mirabilis, by thibaudaronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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March 18, 2024
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Evolution
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Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 18, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Read More ›
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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March 15, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
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Paleontology
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Notes on the Mysterious Origin of Hippos

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 15, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The family Hippopotamidae appears abruptly in the fossil record — like all the other groups that I have so far investigated in detail. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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November 28, 2023
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Evolution
Medicine
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Human Vestigial Organs: Some Contradictions in Darwinian Thinking

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 28, 2023
Evolution, Medicine
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Among these organs, the pronephros was taken as an outstanding illustration for the assertion that man is “a veritable walking museum of antiquities.” Read More ›
Sauropods
Photo: Skeletal Reconstruction of <I>Mamenchisaurus youngi</I>, though other sources speak of the very closely related <I>Omeisaurus</I>, in the Dinosaur Museum of Zigong, by Einar Fredriksen, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
June 28, 2023
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Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Long Necks in Sauropod Dinosaurs — By Neo-Darwinism or Intelligent Design?

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 28, 2023
Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The origin of the ingeniously intricate long necks in sauropod dinosaurs has been postulated to have arisen more than 35 times independently. Read More ›

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