Tag: co-option

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, bird groups, Casey Luskin, co-option, Darwinian predictions, evolutionary timeline, flowering plants, fossil record, God of the gaps, hand bones, Homo (genus), humans, ID the Future, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jacob Vasquez, junk DNA, knuckle-walkers, land plants, Lucy (fossil), mammals, naturalism, naturalism in the gaps, pelvis, scientific knowledge, tree branches, type III secretion system}

Casey Luskin Answers Common Objections to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Dr. Luskin highlights a “large unbridged gap” in the fossil record between ape-like species like Lucy and human-like species. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary models, H. Allen Orr, indirect evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, synchronization, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, beauty, Brian Miller, co-option, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, evolution, exaptation, hammer, Howard Berg, indirect evolution, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, natural selection, proteins, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, serendipity, spring, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? Consider the Bacterial Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I hope it’s clear that Kojonen’s effort to harmonize evolution and design (as he envisions it) is not so easy in the case of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biological systems, co-option, coevolution, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinists, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary pathways, Goldilocks Zone, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, mathematician, Michael Behe, No Free Lunch, probabilities, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism}

Jason Rosenhouse and “Mathematical Proof”

_{William A. Dembski
June 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwinists have always hidden behind the complexities of biological systems. As always, they assume no burden of proof. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aristotle, autopoiesis, biological machines, co-option, epigenetics, intelligent design, Jim Madden, Kenneth Miller, meaning, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Systems Biology, Thomas Aquinas}

Michael Behe on Meaning Detection in Language, and More

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Intelligent design pioneer Michael Behe continues his conversation with philosophers Pat Flynn and Jim Madden. Read More ›

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Date
August 9, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, co-option, cryo-electron microscopy, embryo, evolution, gears, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, podcast, random mutation, theistic evolution}

Listen: Michael Behe Answers Your Questions About Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
August 9, 2020

Intelligent Design

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What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", bias, cells, co-option, critics, distortion, Douglas Axe, Dover trial, evolution, fear, feedback control, information processing, intelligent design, nanotechnology, objectivity, protein evolution, science, scientists, self-repliation, Tree of Life, type III secretion system, Undeniable (book)}

Cognitive Conditioning and the Distortion of Reality

_{Brian Miller
April 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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After following the discussion about evolution versus design for the past few decades, I have noticed a common trend. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, ATP synthase, bacteria, Berra's Blunder, co-option, Corvette, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Imperial College London, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, molecular motors, Nature Communications, Nature Scientific Reports, Scott Minnich, Tim Berra}

Berra’s Blunder in Molecular Motors

_{Science and Culture
January 15, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Statements in news articles suggest that some science writers, while aware of ID, don’t understand what is required for a Darwinian response. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 10, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP synthase, Bruce Alberts, cells, co-option, Craig Venter, Darwin's Black Box, Discovering Intelligent Design, evolution, ID's Top Six, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Witt, kinesin, Michael Behe, molecular machines, National Academy of Sciences, ribosomes, William A. Dembski}

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Irreducibly Complex Molecular Machines

_{Casey Luskin
November 10, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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There is no known cause, other than intelligent design, that can produce machine-like structures with multiple interacting parts. Read More ›