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The crumbling foundation of the house. Exposed house foundation with soil erosion.

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 31, 2018

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", ALX1, bacteria, cichlid fishes, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, devolution, evolution, fiber optic cables, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, Human Errors, intelligent design, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, natural selection, oxygen, Peaceful Science, Richard Lenski}

#2 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Behe’s Darwin Devolves Topples Foundational Claim of Evolution

_{Brian Miller
December 31, 2018

Evolution

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The evidence commonly cited to argue for evolution’s ability to drive large-scale transformations is almost always circular. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alain Beauvilain, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2018: For Paleoanthropology, Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
December 30, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, Andreas Wagner, Asli Vahdat, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, convergent evolution, Dennis Venema, DNA, Francisco Ayala, genotype, haplotypes, HLA genes, HLA-DRB1, homoplasy, human leukocyte antigen, intelligent design, Jan Klein, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Steve Schaffner, theistic evolution, trans-species polymorphism, University of London, Washington University}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2018: A First Human Couple? New Evidence and Arguments

_{Ann Gauger
December 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A bottleneck of two, or a first pair at our origin older than 500,000 years, is possible. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", bats, behavior, body plans, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, design intuition, development, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary theory, Galileo Galilei, genera, genetic variations, Harvard University, innovation, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, philosophers, physiology, postdoc, Research, Royal Society, species, telescope, theologians, whales}

The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections

_{Brian Miller
December 28, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 28, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Caltech, chemical reaction, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2018: It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
December 28, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, dickinsoniids, Ediacaran biota, Epibaion, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Dickinsonia Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
December 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›

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Date
December 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bilateria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, Eumetazoa, genes, genetic information, genome, Günter Bechly, homology groups, Metazoa, morphogenesis, multicellularity, natural selection, paleontology, Planulozoa, protein folds, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley}

#7 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

_{Science and Culture
December 26, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›

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Date
December 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, bottleneck, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, nucleotide diversity, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

Merry Christmas! #8 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

_{Science and Culture
December 25, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, CBS News, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Eric Metaxas, evolution, Free Science, free speech, intelligent design, peasants, political correctness, Socrates in the City, Spanish Inquisition, Stephen Meyer, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Kingdom of Speech, The New Yorker, Tom Wolfe}

#9 of Our Top Stories of 2018: On Evolution “Myth” and ID, Tom Wolfe Boldly Told the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
December 24, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He built up to his final act of treason against politically correct expectations with his last book, The Kingdom of Speech, a repudiation of Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 23, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A Universe from Nothing, Aquinas and Evolution, Dennis Prager, DNA, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, Genesis, groupthink, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Lawrence Krauss, logic, methodological naturalism, mutations, natural selection, quantum physics, radio, Rosetta Stone, Royal Society, science, scientific method, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2018: How Meyer Turned Prager Around on Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

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Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›