Tag: common design

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jeff Tomkins, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimp genome, chimpanzees, common ancestry, common design, computer programmers, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Shenk, Evan Eichler, Evolution News, geneticists, human genome, humans, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), signage, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, taxpayers, University of Washington}

Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

_{David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, BIO-Complexity, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Biomimetics, birds, common ancestry, common design, coordinated mutations, Darwinian assumptions, energy conservation, evolution, evolutionary model, Flight, humans, intelligent design, presuppositions, Stuart Burgess, tetrapod limbs, vertebrate limbs, whale evolution, whales}

Similarities Between Vertebrate Limbs Are Best Explained Not by Common Ancestry but by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 4, 2024

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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The challenge is particularly daunting in the case of whales. The flipper differs in almost every respect from that of its proposed terrestrial ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, astrobiology, bacteria, Canada, cell division, Chandra Wickramasinghe, common ancestry, common design, DNA replication, eukaryotes, fossil record, genetic code, genomes, Greenland, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Nature Ecology and Evolution, prokaryotes, Ribosome, ScienceAlert, Stephen Jay Gould, Western Australia}

Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”

_{Casey Luskin
July 18, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s certainly not impossible that life was already present on Earth at 4.2 Ga. And if it were true it would have intriguing implications. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, common ancestry, common design, evolution, evolutionary theory, genetic code, genomes, green algae, intelligent design, mitochondria, mutations, phylogeny, taxonomic groups, Winston Ewert}

New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, creativity, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, front-loaded design, hummingbird, ID the Future, intelligent design, intuition, natural processes, organisms, podcast, Religions (journal), Stephen Dilley, theist on the street, theistic evolution}

Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Work Together in Harmony?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Or is that wishful thinking? Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with philosopher Stephen Dilley about a recent proposal. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, bats, birds, common design, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, Europe, geomagnetic field, George McGhee, intelligent agents, magnetic compass, mammals, navigation, paleontologists, polarization, Royal Society, sunlight}

In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass

_{Eric Cassell
January 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood clotting, blood-clotting cascade, Casey Luskin, coagulation, common ancestry, common design, Evolution News, evolutionary history, factor X, fibrinogen, gene duplication, genes, hagfish, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, lamprey, Michael Behe, neo-Darwinian theory, Russell Doolittle, thrombin}

Has Russell Doolittle Provided an Evolutionary Explanation of the Blood Clotting Cascade?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 28, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Doolittle predicts, from an evolutionary framework, that jawless vertebrates would have a simpler blood clotting cascade than the human system. Read More ›

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Date
July 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, common descent, common design, dexterity, Eric Anderson, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, marsupials, pentadactyl design, placental mammals, vestigial structures, whale flipper, whale pelvic bones, whales}

Pentadactyl Whale Flipper Is an Engineering Masterstroke

_{Science and Culture
July 13, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Does the five-digit design of the whale flipper, akin to the five-digit design of so many different kinds of animal limbs, point to evolutionary common descent? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, common ancestry, common design, dependency graph, Erika, evolution, genes, genetic similarity, Gutsick Gibbon, intelligent design, nested hierarchy, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Todd Wood, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

Yes, Winston Ewert’s Dependency Graph Is a Real Model

_{Emily Reeves
August 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The fact that known natural biological processes can produce non-tree-like patterns is problematic not for ID proponents but for proponents of common ancestry. Read More ›