Category: Anatomy | Page 8 | Science and Culture Today

Human nervous system isolated 3D hologram.

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
July 30, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
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The Neuromuscular System: Your Body’s Balancing Act

_{Howard Glicksman
July 30, 2016

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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Let's look at some of the ways the body acquires the information it needs about its external and internal environment. Read More ›

entrance to the male and female toilet. Sign in airport

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
July 10, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Reproductive Science
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, __nedited, Continuing Series, fertility, Health & Wellness, human embryos, infertility, males, morphology, motility, sexual organs, sperm, testes, The Designed Body (series)}

Irreducible Complexity in Male Sexual Function

_{Howard Glicksman
July 10, 2016

Anatomy, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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The human embryo is destined to become female by default unless several chemicals swing into action. Read More ›

Illustration of the systems of the human body. An image with a human skeleton, nervous and muscular system. Generative AI.

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
February 5, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Are Our Bodies the Product of “Unintelligent Design”?

_{Ann Gauger
February 5, 2016

Anatomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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A couple of years ago prominent evolutionary biologist David Barash opened a remarkable window on his classroom teaching. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 15, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
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, __nedited, abstract reasoning, analogy, anatomy, Animal Minds (series), anthropomorphism, concepts, Continuing Series, convergence, equality, evolutionary ethics, learning, metabolism, mind, natural selection, philosophy of mind, presuppositions, self-awareness, social learning, social status, Thomas Nagel, Tree of Life}

Animal Minds: In Search of the Minimal Self

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 15, 2016

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Can evolution explain how minds work? Probably not. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 10, 2014

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __edited, 1 percent myth, anatomy, chromosome, gene expression, gene sequences, genetic similarity, human uniqueness, language, Reductionism, science}

The Mismeasure of Man: Why Popular Ideas about Human-Chimp Comparisons Are Misleading or Wrong

_{Ann Gauger
March 10, 2014

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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You have probably heard that our DNA, the stuff that makes us human, is only 1% different from chimps. Read More ›

Hyalinobatrachium valerioi, sometimes known as the La Palma glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in central Costa Rica and south to Panama

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Date
September 26, 2012

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
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, __edited, C.S. Lewis, frogs, PZ Myers, Reductionism, scientism, sickness, The Magician's Twin, transparent skin}

Transparent Skin

_{Science and Culture
September 26, 2012

Anatomy, Faith & Science

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Our friend the materialist-reductionist-Darwinian apologist PZ Myers has a very brief and lighthearted post with a cute frog, showing that the little creature has see-through skin. Read More ›

Blood vessels. Circulatory system. Veins and arteries. Generative AI.

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 13, 2011

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Tagged
, __nedited, "poor design", amphibians, atavisms, cladistics, common ancestry, common descent, comparative anatomy, convergent evolution, developmental biology, embryology, embryonic development, evidence for evolution, fact check, homologies, nested hierarchy, Nobel Prize, phylogenetic analysis, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, taxonomy, vestigial structures, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Anatomy

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 13, 2011

Anatomy, Evolution

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The argument from evolutionary developmental biology and embryonic development is probably one of the stronger for common descent. But I'm not convinced. Read More ›