Category: Evolution | Page 174 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, birds, Black Lives Matter, Breitbart, cancel culture, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, colonialism, Europeans, evolution, evolutionary theory, Galápagos Islands, ID the Future, Kurt Zindulka, London, Natural History Museum, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Fitzroy, science, scientific racism, strengths and weaknesses, T.H. Huxley, Thomas Malthus}

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

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July 12, 2021

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Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 11, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Christopher E. Cosans, Civil War, Darwinism, Edward Drinker Cope, Eva Jablonka, evolution, evolutionary anthropology, Henrika Kuklik, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Josiah Clark Nott, Kyla Schuller, Lamarckian theory, Livia Gershon, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rupert Sheldrake, Rutgers University, Samuel George Morton, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham, women’s suffrage, Yoav Soen}

Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand

_{Michael Flannery
July 11, 2021

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
July 11, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, cilia, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Intraflagellar Transport, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Michael Behe, molecular machines, podcast, The Edge of Evolution}

Michael Behe and Cilia 3.0 … or, Irreducible Complexity Cubed

_{Jonathan Witt
July 11, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The once seemingly humble cilium is actually even more irreducibly complex than Dr. Behe suggested in his first book. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, cancer, common ancestry, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, enhancers, env, ERVs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, gag, gene expression, genome, humans, Immune System, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, narrative gloss, pol, promoters, viruses}

Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses

_{Casey Luskin
July 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, African Americans, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allison Hopper, Amsterdam, Bible, border wall, Cain, Charles Darwin, Chautauqua, Darwinian theory, death penalty, Electoral College, eugenics, evolution, fake news, filibuster, Final Solution, Fox News, Francis Galton, genocide, human dignity, Human Zoos, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, intelligent design, John West, Jon Levine, New York Post, Politics, qualified immunity, Racism, Scientific American, standardized testing, student loan debt, systemic racism, The Descent of Man, white supremacy}

On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2021

Evolution

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Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 8, 2021

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, Asa Gray, biographers, botanists, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, cross-fertilization, Darwinian theory, fertility, health, insects, mythology, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orchids, sexuality}

Why Darwin Exaggerated His Health Problems

_{Robert Shedinger
July 8, 2021

Botany, Evolution

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All the evidence points to Darwin as a generally healthy man with a strong, active libido, normal sexual function, and prodigious fertility. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, depression, Emma Darwin, evolution, exaggeration, flatulence, headaches, illness, Janet Browne, Peter Medawar, sexuality, vomiting, William Darwin Fox, William Erasmus Darwin}

The Uses of Illness in Darwin’s Correspondence

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2021

Evolution

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Darwinian biographer Janet Browne notes how Darwin’s illness may have become a convenient excuse for avoiding certain activities. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", adaptationist, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, empirical science, evolution, Harvard University, Herbert Spencer, historical sciences, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jerry Fodor, John A. Moore, just-so stories, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, methodological naturalism, On the Origin of Species, Richard Lewontin, spandrels, Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Review of Books, What Darwin Got Wrong, William A. Dembski, zoologists}

Honoring Richard Lewontin, Famed Evolutionary Biologist and Sometime Critic of His Own Field

_{Casey Luskin
July 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The quote for which Lewontin has become best known appeared in his 1997 review of a book by Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
Tagged
, ad hoc hypotheses, Darwinian theory, data, David Berlinski, fitness, genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, In Memoriam, Marxism, Minnesota, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Richard Lewontin, Suzanne Nelson, systematics, wisdom, Yiddish}

Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

_{Paul Nelson
July 6, 2021

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science

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As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›

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Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, Darwin’s genie, Darwinism, economics, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Maxwell’s demon, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, PNAS, Richard Lenski, scientism, screwdriver, The Abolition of Man, Thomas Sowell}

Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues

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July 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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“Natural selection” is like a Swiss Army knife that researchers in widely different disciplines use to solve their problems. Read More ›