Giraffe Weekend: “You Cannot Simply Stretch out the Neck”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The giraffe is one of those all-star icons of evolution, familiar from textbook covers, that falls apart on closer inspection. Read More ›

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Date
July 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Anomalocaris, antennae, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, Chengjiang biota, China, Current Biology, Darwin's Doubt, euarthropods, evolution, exoskeleton, fossils, functional whole, Fuxianhuia protensa, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Marrella, PNAS, Stephen Meyer, trilobites, Wikipedia}

Meet the Fuxianhuiids: Exploding Cambrian Arthropods

_{Science and Culture
July 20, 2018

Evolution

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True arthropods are among the most sophisticated animals that appeared without ancestors in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Ann Gauger, Arizona Republic, climate change, Darwin's Doubt, debate, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Democrats, evolution, Free Science, global warming, Mordor, Neo-Darwinism, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Republicans, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science denialism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, survey}

Evolution and the “I Won’t Debate” Tactic

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 19, 2018

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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If the future of science is really at risk, then surely not debating evolution is folly. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cologne, Darwinism, evolution, Germany, intelligent design, interview, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, orchids, paleontology, Research, subtitles, television, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

On German TV, an Interview with ID Proponent Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

_{Granville Sewell
July 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The interview is very accessible to the non-scientist and, in my opinion, is one of the best discussions of the major issues in this debate I have ever heard. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Afrotheria, bats, BIO-Complexity, cladogram, common ancestry, convergent evolution, dependency graph, differential gene loss, dolphins, echolocation, evolutionary model, intelligent design, lateral gene transfer, Laurasiatheria, Mammalia, molecular sequences, most recent common ancestor, Therapsids, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert}

BIO-Complexity Presents Better Model than Common Ancestry for Explaining Pattern of Nature

_{Brian Miller
July 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of the central pillars of the standard evolutionary model is the belief that all living species evolved from a common ancestor through a gradually unfolding tree of life. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, bears, blowhole, body temperature, calf (whale), cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, Everhard Slijper, evolution, floating ribs, fluke, Indohyus, intelligent design, James Butler, lungs, mammals, milk, nipple, nitrogen, porpoise, Richard Brown, sea lion, sperm whale, submersion, surfactants, testes, the bends, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
July 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, spandrel, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, automobiles, Berra's Blunder, carbon dioxide, cars, climate change, Corvette, Darwinians, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, Ludwig Beethoven, Phillip E. Johnson, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, Supreme Court, thermodynamics, Tim Berra}

A Classic Evolutionist’s Error, Berra’s Blunder Revs Up Again

_{Science and Culture
July 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Two evolutionists publish a paper in a scientific journal comparing car evolution with biological evolution. Are they serious? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Biola University, BioLogos, creativity, evolution, Los Angeles, mechanism, neo-Darwinian theory, publishing, science, Stephen Meyer, theism, theistic evolution}

Meyer: An “Epistemic Obligation” to Embrace Darwinism?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2018

Evolution, Philosophy

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The issue comes down to the creative power of the unguided evolutionary mechanism, or the lack of it. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Archean Eon, atmosphere, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, genetic information, oxygen, oxygen theory, paleontology, Precambrian strata, sedimentary rock, Stephen Meyer, trilobites, University of Alberta}

Newly Identified Banded Iron Formation Puts Origins Theories on Horns of a Dilemma

_{Casey Luskin
July 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Many claim the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a sudden global increase in oxygen levels. Read More ›