Tag: biogeography

A group of monkeys on a raft in a river, carrying bunches of bananas.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, biological information, biology, Brandon McGuire, cosmic fine-tuning, Daily Dose of Wisdom, Denyse O’Leary, designing mind, evolution, fossils, information, materialist paradigm, materialists, mind, monkeys, multiverse, near-death experiences, New World, Old World, origin of life, origin of the universe, punctuated equilibrium, quantum fluctuation, South America, species, universe}

In Evolution, Explaining vs. Explaining Away: Rafting Monkeys and More

_{David Klinghoffer
November 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Casey Luskin, "If you're an evolutionist, you have a serious problem. Where do South American monkeys come from?" Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, biogeography, dinosaurs, Eurasia, Fossil Friday (series), Late Cretaceous, New World monkeys, North America, paleontology, Pangaea, rafting animals, seafaring, swimming, terrestrial animals}

Fossil Friday: Did Giant Dinosaurs Swim Across Oceans?

_{Günter Bechly
May 24, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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More rafting animals! Who cares about probability or empirical evidence, when a simple just-so-story can do the job? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biogeography, complementarity, Douglas Futuyma, dysteleology, embryology, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, Francis Collins, Francisco Ayala, George Williams, God-talk, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, marsupials, methodological naturalism, Niles Eldredge, NOMA, paleontology, Panda's Thumb, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, textbooks, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?

_{Stephen Dilley
April 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 14, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Afrotheria, anteaters, armadillos, biogeography, convergence, Darwinists, Fossil Friday (series), Laurasiatheria, mammals, paleontologists, sloths, Xenarthra, zoologists}

Fossil Friday: Eurotamandua — Anteater or Not Even Close?

_{Günter Bechly
October 14, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Darwinists have to appeal to the ad hoc hypothesis of convergent adaptation to similar lifestyles, which of course increases their problem. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, atheism, Atlantic Ocean, BBC News, biogeography, birds, Casey Luskin, common descent, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hoatzin, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Egnor, Namibia, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), rafting, rafting animals, South America, Stephen Meyer, The New Yorker, Tree of Life}

“Bizarre Bird” Highlights the Problem of Biogeography

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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While hoatzins are bad at flying, evolutionists have been forced to credit these birds with some impressive rafting — unbelievably impressive. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, camera eye, Casey Luskin, common descent, common design, convergence, Emily Reeves, evolutionists, Harvest House, humans, ID the Future, monkeys, octopuses, podcast, rafting monkeys, Renaissance, solar system, South America, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, universal common descent}

Return of the Rafting Monkeys: Why Biogeography Is No Friend of Common Descent

_{Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists have to propose, for instance, that Old World monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America on a natural raft. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, biogeography, Biology Direct, cells, discontinuity, Douglas Theobald, embryology, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, intelligent design, mechanisms of evolution, paleontology, phyla, protein folds, rafting, Theistic Evolution (book), transitional forms, Tree of Life, universal common ancestry, viruses}

Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics

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For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, analysis, biogeography, Charles Darwin, cladistics, conservatives, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's House of Cards, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, fossil record, friendship, Harper’s Magazine, Hebrew Bible, journalists, loyalty, materialism, National Review, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Richard Lenski, skeptics, The Weekly Standard, thought, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe, William F. Buckley Jr., writing}

Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Science Reporting

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I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning "House of God." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, biogeography, biologists, circular reasoning, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryology, evolution, evolutionists, free speech, high school, homology, Jerry Coyne, Long Story Short, Pearson Education, Stephen Meyer, strengths and weaknesses, textbook, vestigial structures, video, Why Evolution Is True, Yale University}

In Just Eight Minutes, New Video Punctures Evolution’s Circular “Homology” Argument

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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The video was developed in an ingenious way by its creator, writer, and animator. And who is that? I can’t share that information with you. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, BBC News, biogeography, evolution, evolutionists, forests, Günter Bechly, Neo-Darwinism, North America, paleontology, predictions, rafting, savannah}

Fossil Turaco Is Yet Another Failed Biogeographical Prediction for Neo-Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
June 28, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evolutionists love to boast about the predictive power of their theory. Read More ›