Category: Evolution | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal embryos, Cambrian fossils, coelacanth, common ancestor, common ancestry, common characters, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwin's Finches, embryonic stage, environmental pressures, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionary predictions, Galápagos finches, geological time, ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, hummingbirds, Linnaeus, living fossils, Max Telford, molecular clock, morphology, Nautilus, nightjars, penguins, South Africa, stasis, swallows, swifts, The Tree of Life, The Tree of Life (book), Tree of Life, tuatara, University College London, Wollemi pine}

In Stories from Max Telford’s New Book, Failed Predictions of Common Descent

_{Emily Reeves
March 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Well-documented examples of organisms show remarkable stasis over hundreds of millions of years. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acid, Barbie, beauty, Carl Linnaeus, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, classification, coelacanth, CRISPR, Dogs, evolutionary biology, genealogical ancestry, genes, genetics, goldfish, kangaroos, koalas, marsupial, Matchbox cars, Max Telford, nucleotides, phylogenetics, quolls, Tasmanian wolf, taxonomy, The Tree of Life (book), thylacine, Tim Ingold, Tindell Hopwood, trading cards, University College London}

On Tree of Life, Max Telford Misses the Design Possibility

_{Emily Reeves
March 9, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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I’ll be reviewing the book topically, beginning with the beauty and importance of classification and ending with the implications of belief in the tree of life. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aerobic lifestyle, Alphaproteobacteria, Arctic Ocean, Asgard, Asgard archaea, cell division, cells, cytokinesis, electron transport chain complex, ESCRT-III division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic signature proteins, FtsZ proteins, hydrogenases, hydrothermal vent, Loki’s Castle, Lokiarchaeota, mitochondria, mitosis, Nature (journal), Norse deities, Odinarcheota, polymerization, synthesis, Thorarchaeota}

Do the Asgard Archaea Hold the Keys to Eukaryotic Origins?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In 2015, a new superphylum of archaea was reported, having been discovered through metagenomic sequences of sediments. Read More ›

Concept of biochemistry with dna molecule, Human face, DNA on dark background. Ai generated

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Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University}

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

_{Science & Culture
March 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, abrupt appearance, ancestors, bedtime story, blood circulation, cells, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, heart, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, missing link, okapi, Samotherium major, taxon, transitional fossils, variations, vertebrae, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 28, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

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The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Read More ›

footprints and a car in the snow, a car stuck in a large pile of snow

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, God of the gaps, ID the Future, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?}

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, common descent, common design, environmental shifts, evolutionary lineage, evolutionary sequence, fossil record, geneticists, geological evidence, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, ID the Future, intermediates, Neo-Darwinism, Samotherium major, silos, stasis, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Giraffes and the Fossil Record: Bad News for Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig highlights the discrepancies in the fossil record that cause the traditional Darwinian narrative to unravel. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adobe Acrobat, analogy, Animal Operating System, animals, bilaterians, biology departments, body plans, Charles Darwin, Ernst Mayr, European Molecular Biology Organization, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, gene regulatory networks, George Gaylord Simpson, graves, mutations, natural selection, operating systems, Ronald Fisher, smartphones, The EMBO Journal, Theodosius Dobzhansky, zombies}

Another Hypothesis for the Origin of Animals

_{Science & Culture
February 25, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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This one uses an analogy to the origin of smartphones. No kidding. Yet, it’s an interesting article. Just not really evolutionary theory in any normal sense. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Big Bang, consciousness, creator, cryogenics, David Klinghoffer, design, experiences, identity, individualism, individuality, infinite possibilities, information theory, intelligence, intelligent design, life, materialistic universe, natural processes, naturalism, neuroscience, non-life, Origins and Destiny, plat's revenge, Robert Gange, Second Law of Thermodynamics, ultimate reality}

Origins, Destiny, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
February 25, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Apart from an intelligent designer, “…we are forced to believe that nucleic acids eventually acquire awareness of their own existence when they are mixed.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Aristotle, athens, biology, C.S. Lewis, change over time, Democritus, DNA, dynamis, eidos, energeia, evolution, From Logos to Bios, George Gaylord Simpson, H. B. Whittington, Heraclitus, history, Jerusalem, Leucippus, Lev Berg, Malcolm Gordon, metaphysics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nomogenesis, philosophy, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Plato, Plotinus, potentiality, Pythagoras, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, tautology, Tertullian, The Selfish Gene, universal common descent, Western thought, Wynand de Beer}

Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer

_{Michael Flannery
February 24, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Philosophy

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An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›