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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptive mutations, Africa, Darwin Devolves, Dave Farina, de novo genes, evolution, evolutionary change, evolutionary theory, François Jacob, genes, hemoglobin, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, New York City, non-coding DNA, Professor Dave Explains, Richard Lenski, The Edge of Evolution, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite Mr. Farina’s smug condescension and patronizing demeanor, he fails to mount a credible critique of Dr. Behe’s thesis. Read More ›

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Date
May 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Africa, Biomimetics, bird feathers, birds, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, feathers, Flight, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, males, MIT, nest, Science and Faith in Dialogue, water}

Sandgrouse Takes the Royal Society to Design School

_{Science & Culture
May 7, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Episode guest Brian Miller talks with host Casey Luskin about the details of the ingenious design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Africa, bacteria, Biomimetics, birds, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinists, evolution, human history, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, lawyers, Michael Behe, NASA, Olufemi Oluniyi, shopping, Social Darwinism, vitalism}

Engineering Brings Life and Vice Versa

_{David Coppedge
March 29, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Science

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An uplifting video about a life-saving invention encapsulates several running themes about intelligent design, with only one brief flaw. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Bible, Cambridge University, Christianity, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, New York Times, Olufemi Oluniyi, Scotland, Seattle, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminars, University of Edinburgh}

My Friend Olufemi Oluniyi and Darwin’s Legacy in Nigeria

_{John G. West
February 28, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

Olufemi opened my eyes and heart to the importance of Nigeria to Africa, the dynamic role of Christians there, and the importance of Africa to the world. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, culture, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute Press, Great Britain, history, imperialism, John West, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar}

John West Introduces Darwin Comes to Africa

_{Science & Culture
February 22, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

1}

The work explores the poisonous influence of Social Darwinism on British rule in Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read More ›

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Author
Olufemi Oluniyi

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Africa, Africans, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, colonialism, Darwin Comes to Africa, ethnicity, Europe, Europeans, evolution, historiography, Joseph Stalin, morality, natural selection, Nigeria, pseudoscience, race, Racism, random mutation, religion, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, tiger}

The Cruel Legacy of Social Darwinism in Nigeria

_{Olufemi Oluniyi
February 21, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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Social Darwinism rests like a tiger moth on Darwinism, its mother theory; when challenged with facts, it just flits to a slightly different position. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Africans, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, imperialism, Kenya, New York Times, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, Seattle, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar}

When Darwin Came to Africa

_{John G. West
February 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

Charles Darwin didn't spend much time in Africa. But his poisonous ideas certainly did. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 9, 2023

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, beavers, carnivores, Darwinism, ecosystem, elephants, engineers, evolution, herbivores, humans, intelligent design, lions, mammals, Stanford University, stewardship, trunks, vertebrates}

Beyond Evolutionary Fitness, Mammals Are Ecosystem Engineers

_{David Coppedge
February 9, 2023

Ecology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When animals give back more than they take, does that fit the model of selfishness that Darwinism promotes? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, Early Eocene, Egypt, elephants, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Morocco, primates, radiations, teeth}

Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea

_{Günter Bechly
January 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Science

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Is this what Darwinism would predict? Of course not! Is it instead what intelligent design theory would predict? Indeed it is. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, Afrotheria, Belgium, Egypt, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, living fossils, Madagascar, mammals, Namibia, Paleogene, Pleistocene}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea

_{Günter Bechly
December 30, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

42}

Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›