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Date
January 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, common descent, Conservation of Information, effective population size, Endogenous retroviruses, genes, genetic drift, human origins, intelligent design, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, No Free Lunch, population genetics, synteny}

Population Genetics: What It Is and Why It Matters

_{Science & Culture
January 16, 2018

Evolution

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Some have claimed that for humans the coalescence to one (or first coalescent) does not happen for well over a million years back in time, calling into question the idea of a single-couple human origin. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 3, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, bottleneck, Colin Reeves, common descent, Dennis Venema, heterozygosity, human origins, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, Richard Buggs, Scot McKnight, Trinity Western University}

Does Science Rule Out a First Human Pair? Geneticist Richard Buggs Says No

_{Ann Gauger
October 3, 2017

Faith & Science, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the claims Dennis Venema makes in his book is that the effective population size of our last common ancestor with chimps has never been fewer than 10,000. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
September 10, 2017

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, chimpanzees, Chromosomal Fusion, classes, common ancestry, common descent, common design, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evolution, human evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, Neo-Darwinism, phyla, species}

Common Descent or Common Design? An Exercise in Question-Begging

_{Jonathan Witt
September 10, 2017

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Darwinists point to similarities across species, classes, and phyla, and argue that this shows we’re all descended from a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 11, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, circular reasoning, common descent, evolution, gradualism, mutations, National Association of Biology Teachers, natural selection, naturalism, saltationism, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

Evolution Confirmed? The Philosophy of Naturalism

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 11, 2017

Evolution, Philosophy, Science

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If one insists on and is committed to naturalism, then naturalistic, evolutionary, explanations are what you will find. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 24, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, common descent, Dennis Venema, evolution, olfaction, plagiarism, Scot McKnight, theistic evolution}

“Shared Error” Argument: Olfactory Receptor Genes Prove Common Descent?

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 24, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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The idea here is that, in different species, the same damaging mutation can be found in the same pseudogenes. Read More ›

A parachutist in mid-air with an orange parachute, gliding through a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 17, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, binding sites, common descent, Dennis Venema, ID the Future, Ray Bohlin, reader comment, Research, universal common descent}

Listen: Bohlin, Hunter on a Parachute Operation into Discussion with Theistic Evolutionists

_{David Klinghoffer
January 17, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Has Dennis Venema disproved Michael Behe? Does the immune system prove evolution? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
October 20, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, cells, common descent, defining evolution, defining terms, flagellum, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, op-ed, Pope John Paul II, proteins, Roman Catholicism, theory, Wall Street Journal}

Darwin Under the Microscope

_{Michael Behe
October 20, 2016

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The following was published in the New York Times on October 29, 1996. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 27, 2016

Categories
Paleontology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, "survival of the fittest", biodiversity, common descent, common design, convergence, human consciousness, methodological naturalism, missing links, paradigms}

Why Similarities Do Not Prove the Absence of Design

_{Granville Sewell
July 27, 2016

Paleontology, Scientific Reasoning

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A future paleontologist would be puzzled by the huge differences between the bicycle and motor vehicle phyla, or between the boat and airplane phyla. Read More ›

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Author
Lee M. Spetner

Date
June 21, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __tedited, absence of evidence, common descent, epigenetics, evolutionary mechanisms, gain of function, genetic mutations, mutation rate, natural selection, scientific theories, speciation, transposable elements}

Common Descent: An Obituary

_{Lee M. Spetner
June 21, 2016

Evolution, Genetics

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Common Descent (CD) has been offered as a scientific theory and must therefore be judged as such. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 17, 2016

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Tagged
, __tedited, common descent, common design, convergence, design motifs, emergence, Endogenous retroviruses, explanatory power, genetic code, logic, origin of information, placenta, predictions, probabilities, separate ancestry, syllogism, V.J. Torley}

The Placenta Problem: How Common Descent Fails

_{Ann Gauger
June 17, 2016

Biology, Genetics

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Philosopher Vincent Torley (and Professor Josh Swamidass) have been trying to persuade me that common descent is the only rational view to affirm. Read More ›