Category: Anatomy

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Africa, ball-and-socket joints, cervical vertebrae, Congo Basin, embryological development, engineering, engineers, evolutionary adaptation, evolutionary theory, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, hero shrew, human embryo, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, nervous system, neural plate, neural systems, sloth, spinal columns, spinal cord, spine, synchronization, vertebrae, vertebral column}

The Spine, Human and Otherwise: A Miracle of Embryological Development

_{Stuart Burgess
March 19, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The sloth has ten neck vertebrae whereas almost all other mammals have seven. The sloth’s extra vertebrae allow it to swivel its neck almost all the way around Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, art, Claude Debussy, cooking, dexterity, evolutionary process, evolutionary theory, exoskeleton, fingers, fitness, Formula 1 race car, go-kart, hand muscles, human brain, Menahem Pressler, motor cortex, motor units, muscle units, muscles, music, nerve pathways, prosthetic device, skillful moving, surgery, survival, technology, tool-making, touch, typing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Fingers Are Fine-Tuned Far Beyond the Need for Survival

_{Stuart Burgess
March 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Our exoskeleton could only make simple hand grips, far short of what a healthy human hand could manage. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Darwinian evolution, David Coppedge, electrical signals, engineering, foresight, GUT, healing, homeostasis, information exchange, internal dialogue, interoception, Irreducible Complexity, organs, pathogens, Piezo proteins, proprioception, receptors, second brain, system of systems}

Discovering Interoception, the Body’s Internal Dialogue

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 3, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The coordinated information exchange and irreducible complexity required for these systems to function suggest foresight and engineering. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACL, anatomy, bipedal posture, cross links, cruciate ligaments, engineers, evolutionary theory, flexion, foot, four-bar linkage, hip joint, human knee, intelligent design, joints, knee joint, locking, multifunctioning, Nathan Lents, PCL, poor design, quads, rotation, squatting, standing, strength, tibia}

The Incredible “Floating” Human Knee Joint

_{Stuart Burgess
March 2, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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I fully agree with Nathan Lents that the evolutionary paradigm predicts the knee should be a very poor design Read More ›

Bare foot of young woman walking at home, closeup

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 23, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, ankle fusion, ankle performance, apes, arched feet, arches, Arches National Park, Australopithecus afarensis, Carol Ward, cuboid bone, cuneiform bone, D. J. Meldrum, E. E. Sarmiento, Energy, engineering, Ethiopia, fibula, flat feet, foot, Foot and Ankle International, football, fossils, Hadar, Homo sapiens, HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, human foot, humans, irreducibly complex systems, jig, keystones, lateral arch, linkage system, lower body, Lucy, medial arch, midfoot, Nathan Lents, P. J. Mitchell, Roman arch, shock, squash, talus bone, tibia, Utah}

Appreciating the Irreducible Complexity of the Human Foot

_{Stuart Burgess
February 23, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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In the fossil record there are no transitional forms between the arched feet of humans and the flat feet of apes. Read More ›

Muscular Male athlete sprinter running fast,exercising outdoors,jogging outside against gray concret background with copy space area for text message or ad content.Side view,full length

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 20, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian expectations, engineering, evolution, eye, habitats, ID the Future, intelligent design, lab coats, locomotion, middle ear, nervous system, origins, Richard Dawkins, scientific theories, structures, systems, theories of origins, Ultimate Engineering, wrist joint}

Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 20, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alan Linton, biologists, biomechanics, Bristol University, David Gelernter, Dean Kenyon, evolution, evolutionary materialism, Günter Bechly, Hallmarks of Design, intelligent design, King Charles III, muscles, non-scientists, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Reith lecture, Richard Dawkins, technology, tendons, Ultimate Engineering, unguided evolution}

Friends in High Places: Prince Charles and Others

_{Stuart Burgess
February 19, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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The prince’s criticism of evolutionary theory did cause quite a stir in the national press in the UK. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 13, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ankles, biology, Boeing 747, brain, design framework, dexterity, engineers, evolutionary process, human body, human engineering, joint lubrication, knees, mathematics, mutations, Peter Sterling, prosthetic limbs, robotic limbs, robots, Simon Laughlin, Stuart Burgess, synovial fluid, technology, Ultimate Engineering, wiring}

Burgess: Design of Human Body Greatly Surpasses Human Engineering

_{Brian Miller
February 13, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Embracing the evolutionary narrative requires one to abandon one’s belief in mathematics. Read More ›

Jumping and touching knee with elbow stock photo

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, biology, bridges, design logic, Duke University, dysteleology, evolution, human anatomy, human body, Human Errors, human spine, intelligent design, joints, knee, load-baring capacity, longevity, motion, Nathan Lents, optimal design, poor design, Steven Vogel, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, teleology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, upright walking, vertebral disks}

Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

_{Brian Miller
February 12, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, aging, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, European Space Agency, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, François Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design}

Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

_{Stuart Burgess
February 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›