Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Observed Natural Selection

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 1, 2011

Evolution

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The online encyclopedia triumphantly points to resistance to myxoma virus among Australian rabbits as one piece of evidence, among others, for common descent. Read More ›

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Date
November 29, 2011

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Centre for Intelligent Design UK, common descent, evolution, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia, World}

Welcomed by Lord Mackay, Meyer Speaks in London to Centre for Intelligent Design UK

_{Science & Culture
November 29, 2011

Life Sciences

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In Britain it can be no less dangerous to publicly voice sympathy for ID than it is in the United States. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 31, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biogeography, butterflies, common descent, evolution, Metamorphosis, nebulae, stars, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Biogeographical Distribution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 31, 2011

Evolution

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When the biogeographical data does not fit with the predictions and expectations of common descent, one always has "oceanic dispersal" at the ready to serve as an ad hoc fudge factor -- including the rather remarkable claim that monkeys made it across the Atlantic from Africa to South America! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biogeography, common descent, Eugenie Scott, evolution, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Racism, video, Wikipedia}

A Weirdly Naked Appeal to Racism from the National Center for Science Education?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2011

Evolution

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The NCSE is a group that wants to help soften up the religious community on behalf of Darwinian evolution. And this was their bright idea on how to do it? Wow. Read More ›

Fossil of the prehistoric bird Archeopteryx

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, Archaeopteryx, body plans, butterflies, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, common descent, Darwin, diversification, evolution, evolutionary biology, extinction, fact check, fossil record, fruit flies, horses, Metamorphosis, microevolution, paleontology, phylogeny, suppressed evidence, tiktaalik, whale evolution, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 23, 2011

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossil record, far from establishing Darwinian theory, only succeeds in hammering one more nail into Darwin's coffin. Read More ›

Blood vessels. Circulatory system. Veins and arteries. Generative AI.

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 13, 2011

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Tagged
, __nedited, "poor design", amphibians, cladistics, common ancestry, common descent, convergent evolution, developmental biology, embryology, embryonic development, evidence for evolution, fact check, homologies, nested hierarchy, Nobel Prize, phylogenetic analysis, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, taxonomy, vestigial structures, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Anatomy

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 13, 2011

Anatomy, Evolution

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The argument from evolutionary developmental biology and embryonic development is probably one of the stronger for common descent. But I'm not convinced. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 10, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, evolution, Jonathan Wells, textbooks, Wikipedia}

(Not) Making the Grade: An Evaluation of 22 Recent Biology Textbooks and Their Use of Selected Icons of Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
October 10, 2011

Evolution, Science Education

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Unfortunately, as this review has made clear, biology textbooks have a long way to go. Parents, students and educators who seek accuracy and objectivity in evolution-education will have to continue to be a "royal pain in the fanny" of textbook publishers. Read More ›

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Date
October 10, 2011

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, evolution, Nobel Prize, science, Wikipedia}

Rebel with a Nobel Prize: The Lesson of Daniel Shechtman

_{Science & Culture
October 10, 2011

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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Are quasicrystals an example of information arising from chemistry? What can we learn from Dr. Shechtman's example? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 7, 2011

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __nedited, "Out of Africa", 1 percent myth, common descent, cytochrome c, DNA, evidence, evidence for evolution, evolution, gene sequences, homologies, Joseph Thornton, natural selection, persistent scientific errors, proteins, pseudogenes, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 7, 2011

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics

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It is important, in evaluating these arguments, that one consider all the evidence: not just the evidence that is consistent. It seems to me that when this is done, the arguments for common descent -- certainly in its universal sense -- are, at best, inconclusive. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 2, 2011

Categories
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, argument from analogy, Cambrian Explosion, common ancestry, common descent, DNA, evidence for id, Forbes, John Farrell, Medieval science, methodological naturalism, misrepresentation, natural philosophy, nested hierarchy, positive case for design, Response to Criticism, sequence hypothesis, straw man, Tree of Life}

Who Misrepresented Who? A Response to John Farrell

_{Casey Luskin
April 2, 2011

Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

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When we find re-usage of parts in a way that cannot be explained by a phylogenetic tree and common descent, this is the sort of data we might expect under intelligent design. Read More ›