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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
July 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-Semitism, behavior, Darwinian theory, E.O. Wilson, evolution, evolutionary ethics, Harvard University, homosexuality, humans, infanticide, just-so stories, Kevin MacDonald, race, Racism, rape, stereotypes, Steven Pinker, The Death of Humanity}

Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

_{Richard Weikart
July 12, 2018

Ethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, anti-Semitism, Darwinian theory, Europeans, From Darwin to Hitler, history, James Watson, Jews, Kevin MacDonald, Nazism, Nobel Prize, Racism, Richard Spencer, Steven Pinker}

Evolutionary Psychology Grapples with Racism and Anti-Semitism

_{Richard Weikart
July 11, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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Kevin MacDonald is trying to resurrect this troubling legacy of Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Brigham Young University, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinian theory, development, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryology, evolution, genes, homologous features, pseudonym, Research, Tom Bethell, UC Berkeley}

Darwin’s House of Cards Gets Praise — And Underinformed Criticism

_{Jonathan Wells
July 9, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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As Tom Bethell points out, there is a lot more to living things than their DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 31, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, astrophysics, atheism, bias, Big Bang, Copernican principle, creation, creationism, Darwinian theory, DNA, Edwin Hubble, functionality, Genesis, genome, Georges Lemaître, intelligent design, junk DNA, Real Clear Science}

Astrophysics and Molecular Genetics with the Parking Brake On

_{Michael Egnor
May 31, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Physical Sciences

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The ancient model of the cosmos, which was the model presupposed by most scientists prior to the mid 20th century, was Steady State. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 30, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", asexual reproduction, body temperature, brain, corpses, Darwinian theory, DNA replication, eye, genetic code, heart, intelligent design, mammals, medical school, metabolism, Michael Egnor, Nathan Lents, Nobel Prize, PhD, physiology, protein synthesis, sexual reproduction, testicles}

Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration

_{Michael Egnor
May 30, 2018

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Anomalocaris, artifact hypothesis, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Graham Budd, Hallucigenia, Kimberella, Nick Matzke, Oxford University, paleontology, phyla, PZ Myers, Spriggina, Stephen Meyer, trilobites}

Alleged Refutation of the Cambrian Explosion Confirms Abruptness, Vindicates Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
May 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The top-down pattern of appearance of animal phyla during the Cambrian explosion represents major conflicting evidence for Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", apes, Darwinian theory, gravity, Human Errors, intelligent design, just-so stories, maxillary sinus, medical students, Nathan Lents, physiology, testicles}

Nathan Lents “Plays Ball” on Biological Design

_{Michael Egnor
May 29, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In all of his “poor” design arguments, Lents inadvertently embraces the design inference. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
May 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Bruce Chapman, Columbia University, culture, Darwinian theory, economics, Ernst Haeckel, Germany, gnosticism, government, Heritage Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, Politicians, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson}

Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science”

_{Bruce Chapman
May 22, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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A central progressive theme was historicism, crediting history almost exclusively with the development of culture. Read More ›