Tag: Darwinian evolution

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 25, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeology, Darwinian evolution, Emma Pomeroy, fossil record, H. G. Wells, hominins, Homo neanderthalensis, human mind, humans, intelligence, M. Gemma Chacón, National Geographic, Neanderthals, Neanderthals Among Us, Nicholas St. Fleur, paleontology, Peter Sahlins, savages, scapula, Scientific American, shoulder blade, Theodore Roosevelt, University of Cambridge, Venus of Hohle Fels, wooden tools}

Teddy Roosevelt Erred on Those “Thick-Skulled Savages,” the Neanderthals

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 25, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Just recently, paleontologists have found Neanderthal wooden tools (62-40 kya) preserved in stone. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 19, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew Huberman, animal impulse, Arthur Brooks, calling, citations, Darwinian evolution, Dogs, dopamine, enjoyment, evolution, faith, foresight, h-index, happiness, Huberman Lab, human agents, human brain, human exceptionalism, humans, idols, intelligent design, love, macronutrients, mammals, meaning, Microsoft Word, moral aspiration, neuroscience, parahippocampal gyrus, persistence, philosophy, planning, pleasure, prefrontal cortex, rape, religion, satisfaction, survival of the fittest, thirst, virtue, water, worship}

Happiness Comes When Humans Fulfill Our Designed Purpose

_{Emily Reeves
October 19, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Our mind, our brain, our physical as well as our metaphysical existence are all designed to deliver satisfaction only after our suffering toward a goal. Read More ›

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Author
Jacob Vazquez

Date
October 14, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, adaptive behavior, Alvin Plantinga, biology, blind physical processes, Christianity, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, dementia, embryo, evolutionary advantage, evolutionary history, free agency, human beings, human dignity, human nature, image of God, morality, naturalism, naturalists, personhood, Peter Singer, philosophers, rationality, reality, Sacred or Secular, social consensus, worldview}

What Is a Person, and How Do We Know?

_{Jacob Vazquez
October 14, 2026

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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The characteristics invoked in the abortion debate — consciousness, rationality, and intrinsic human dignity — function as recalcitrant facts for naturalism. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Baylor University, Charles Ofria, Christoph Adami, Darwinian evolution, David Thomas, Denmark, displacement, evolutionary computing, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, George Montañez, Harvard University, Iain Strachan, information, intelligent design, Isak Dinesen, Jakob Wolf, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Leo Kadanoff, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), Nature (journal), Niels Bohr, Niels Bohr Institute, Richard Dawkins, Richard E. Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, Robert T. Pennock, smuggling, Steiner trees, Thomas Schneider, University of Copenhagen, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionary Computing: An Audit of Smuggled Information

_{William A. Dembski
October 6, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The most significant stop for me in Denmark was a lecture that Jakob Wolf arranged for me to give at the Niels Bohr Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, argumentum ex silentio, Canon George D. Smith, Catholic Church, Catholic University of America Press, Chance or Purpose?, conflations, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Descent of Man, false dilemma, First Things, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Galileo Affair, Historical Aspects of Organic Evolution, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, intelligent evolution, Kenneth W. Kemp, Michael Keas, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Philip G. Fathergill, Pope Pius IX, Richard Owen, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen M. Barr, The Origins of Catholic Evolutionism, The Teaching of the Catholic Church, Unbelievable}

Slapdash History, Questionable Logic Applied to “Catholic Evolutionism”

_{Michael Flannery
September 25, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

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When Pope Pius IX awarded St. George Jackson Mivart a doctorate, he was not by implication casting his imprimatur or approval on evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, amoebas, avida, bacteria, biological information, brains, cells, Christoph Adami, citrate, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, evolution, flasks, intelligent design, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, Michigan State University, oxygen, Podarcis siculus, population, pre-existing information, recycling, Richard Lenski, temperatures, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, UC Irvine, viruses}

Origin of Biological Information? Nope, Just Its Recycling

_{Winston Ewert
August 25, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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Followers of the debate between intelligent design and Darwinian evolution will be familiar with Christoph Adami's example. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, avida, biological systems, biology, chaperone, Christoph Adami, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, experiments, eye evolution, function, letters, mutation rate, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information, vertebrate eye}

Avida and Making Eye Evolution Seem Plausible

_{Winston Ewert
August 24, 2026

Biology, Computational Sciences, Evolution

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Adami says, “it is hard not to see the parallels to other evolutionary innovations, for example the co-option of the existing crystallin protein in the eye.” Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 19, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ALife, Armageddon, artificial life, bombers, bootstrappers, Christoph Adami, computer code, computer models, Core War, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, evolution, guidance, hydras, imps, intelligent design, Michael Behe, non-intervention, pit-trappers, quickscanners, replicators, scanners, simulations, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, VENUS (simulation)}

Simulations Point to Design: Learning from the History of Artificial Life

_{Winston Ewert
August 19, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Once you introduce step-by-step guidance, you are no longer simulating an evolutionary process. Read More ›

Neanderthal armed with lance, their part in Homo Sapiens Anthropology and Darwinian Theory.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Amazon, archeology, Ascent of Man, astrobiology, China, Darwinian evolution, Eurasia, evolutionary psychology, forebears, genomes, glaciers, Greece, Jonathan Cheng, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthals, rainforest, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui, Stone Age, subhumans, The Atlantic, UC Berkeley, Wall Street Journal}

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 18, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Catholics, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma, Darwinian evolution, evolution, evolutionary paradigm, Father Michael Chaberek, ID the Future, intelligent design, logic, modern science, origin of life, philosophy, podcast, science-faith synthesis, scientific evidence, Steve Greene, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Found: A Robust Basis for Science-Faith Synthesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The many scientific shortcomings of the evolutionary account force us to confront some logical and philosophical challenges. Read More ›