Category: Genetics | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinian assumptions, Denisovans, Denyse O’Leary, DNA, Durham University, Europeans, genes, handprints, historical racism, Homo sapiens, human genome, human nature, intelligence, introgression, John Hawks, Michael Gross, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, ochre, Paul Pettitt, PIEZO1, PNAS, Racism, Siberia, skulls, Taiwan, teeth}

With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

_{David Coppedge
November 18, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism. Read More ›

Ancient footprint embedded in earth, showing detail of toes and sole

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arithmetic, DNA, egg cells, footprints, Homo sapiens, modern humans, Neanderthals, New Scientist, PIEZO1, sperm, Switzerland, University of Seville, University of Zurich}

The Neanderthal Story Keeps Evolving (Even if Nothing Else Does)

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The University of Seville announces that Neanderthal footprints found along Portugal’s Algarve coast have led to unexpected insights about Neanderthal culture. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, animals, atheists, codes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, digital code, DNA, double helix, evolution, faith, Francis Crick, genes, genetics, history, Human Zoos, information, intelligence, intelligent design, intelligent designer, James D. Watson, John West, language, nihilism, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, race, Racism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, sequence hypothesis, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, theism}

For Good or Evil: The Contradictory Legacy of James D. Watson

_{David Klinghoffer
November 11, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Let’s hope that whoever writes the future history of science will, like the bidder for that Nobel medal, be merciful to him. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 3, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, BioEssays, biologists, chemistry, chromosomes, DNA, exons, geometry, introns, James Tour, junk DNA, non-B DNA, OSIRIS-REx, topologically associating domains, Yahoo News!}

A Fake Headline, and a Real One, About DNA

_{Casey Luskin
November 3, 2025

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Did you get that? “Cake,” I believe, is supposed to mean life. So obviously on earth we have cake. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, Amazon, Bible, books, Christians, circuitry, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, evolution, faith and science, genetics, genome, immaterial genome, intelligent agent, intelligent design, John West, law, medicine, non-Christians, Plato's Revenge, Politics, religion, reviews, Richard Sternberg, RNA, Stockholm Syndrome Christian}

New Audiobooks by John West, David Klinghoffer Available Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Speaking of Amazon, we follow the reviews there, and it’s always welcome to see what readers have to say. I’ll share the top review of each book respectively. Read More ›

Digital illustration DNA structure in blue background

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, Ann Gauger, California, Cambridge, cytosine, Dartmouth College, Darwinists, DNA, England, evolution, genes, Genesis, genetic similarity, guanine, Hebrews, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, non-coding DNA, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, proteins, salvo, Stephen Meyer, thymine, War and Peace}

Darwin’s Orphan Foe: A Gene Army Comes for Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
October 17, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary theory led evolutionists to expect these genes to be rare. As it turns out, they aren’t. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, bias, Christianity, creativity, Darwinian mechanism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, geneticists, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, materialists, plants, podcast, religion, Richard Buggs, rigor, Robert Boyle, science, science stopper, scientific process, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer}

In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Scientific Reasoning

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Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 25, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Tagged
, Bhagavad Gita, Bible, blueprint, Christianity, civilization, culture, DNA, extraterrestrials, genetic information, genome, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, human being, Human Genome Project, immaterial genome, intelligent design, Islam, Judaism, Martin Luther, medicine, National Institutes of Health, New Testament, Old Testament, Orthodox Judaism, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Protestantism, punctuation, religion, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic Church, Scripture, species}

The Genome and the Bible — An Analogy

_{David Klinghoffer
August 25, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics

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Richard Sternberg recounts his high hopes, shared with others at the NIH, that the Human Genome Project would reveal the hidden secrets of the human body. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell cycle, chromosome, cohesins, condensins, DNA, hair, interphase, mechanisms, mirror, mitosis, motors}

Cohesins and Condensins: Next-Generation Bobby Pins

_{Emily Reeves
August 22, 2025

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Picture this: you grab a box of bobby pins, clip them to the ends of your hair, and sit in front of a mirror. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American history, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, curator, Dogs, human exceptionalism, human origins, human race, humans, humility, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Nature (journal), non-whites, pride, property, rationality, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, Wall Street Journal, whiteness, woke ideology}

Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2025

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requires it. Read More ›