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January 24, 2018

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Evolution
Faith & Science
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, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, chicken, chimpanzees, chromatin, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Venema, ENCODE, genome, gorilla, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Molecular Biology and Evolution, nested hierarchy, phylogeny, pseudogenes, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, RNA Biology, theistic evolution, vitellogenin}

Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

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January 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›

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January 19, 2018

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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common design, Dennis Venema, DNA, functional requirements, genome, human origins, Ola Hössjer, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, theistic evolution}

Adam and the Genome and Synteny

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January 19, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.” Read More ›

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January 18, 2018

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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, apes, Colin Reeves, common ancestry, common design, Dennis Venema, evolution, Francis Collins, genetic similarity, gorillas, humans, intelligent design, Ola Hössjer, orangutan, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, The Language of God, theistic evolution, theology}

Adam and the Genome and Human-Ape Genetic Similarity

_{Science and Culture
January 18, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps, humans, gorillas, and orangutans were designed based upon a common blueprint. Read More ›

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January 16, 2018

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, blubber, cetaceans, Current Biology, Dennis Venema, evolution, flippers, Indohyus, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, whale, Zombie Science (book)}

Adam and the Genome and Whale Fossils

_{Science and Culture
January 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We don’t find the “pattern” that evolution predicts “should be found in the fossil record at certain times.” Rather, we find that truly aquatic whales appear abruptly. Read More ›

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January 15, 2018

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Faith & Science
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, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, amino acids, Andrew Jones, apes, Bible, chimpanzees, Denisovans, Dennis Venema, DNA, Douglas Axe, genome, hominid fossils, human origins, humans, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, mitochondrial Eve, Neanderthals, proteins, pseudogenes, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, RNA, Scot McKnight, Stephen Meyer, synteny, theistic evolution, Y-chromosome Adam}

Hmm, Much of Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome Isn’t About Adam and the Genome

_{Science and Culture
January 15, 2018

Faith & Science

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Venema seems much more interested in pursuing longstanding debates with intelligent design and with certain ID proponents. Read More ›

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January 11, 2018

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Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, apes, BioLogos, chromosomes, Dennis Venema, generations, hominins, human origins, humans, mitochondrial Eve, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Scot McKnight, Y-chromosome Adam}

On Prejudiced Models and Human Origins

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January 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Recently Dennis Venema joined with Scot McKnight to publish a book, Adam and the Genome, in which they claim that there never was an original pair of humans like Adam and Eve. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 15, 2017

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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, amino acids, codons, Dennis Venema, DNA, Eugene Koonin, genetic code, Harry Potter, hydrogen peroxide, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, Michael Yarus, Mount Rushmore, multiverse, nucleotides, proteins, Pythagorean Theorem, RNA, self-repliation, tRNA, V.J. Torley}

The Origin of Life: The Information Challenge

_{Brian Miller
December 15, 2017

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today I will identify the fundamentally different approaches by ID advocates and critics toward assessing evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 14, 2017

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Faith & Science
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, Bible, BioLogos, bottleneck, Christianity, Colin Reeves, Darwinian evolution, Deborah Haarsma, Dennis Venema, Garden of Eden, Genesis, genome, history, human origins, Native Americans, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, population size, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Scot McKnight, theistic evolution, theology}

Much Ado at BioLogos?

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November 14, 2017

Faith & Science, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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We have our Kremlinologists who observe the BioLogos website for hints of what ideas, and which people, are up or down in the world of theistic evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, alleles, bottleneck, Broad Institute, Dennis Venema, haplotypes, heterozygosity, human origins, inbreeding, John Harshman, London, nature, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Oxford University, population genetics, population size, Queen Mary University, Richard Buggs, Stephen Schaffner, Trinity Western University, V.J. Torley}

Geneticists Debate a First Human Pair — Continued; Where Is Dennis Venema?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2017

Faith & Science, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Genuine scientific debate on fundamental issues that real people care about is such a rarity that when it happens, you almost want to pinch yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, bottleneck, Dennis Venema, human origins, Joe Felsenstein, Queen Mary University, Richard Buggs, theistic evolution, Trinity Western University, University of Washington}

Ruling Out Originating Human Pair, Theistic Evolutionist Oversteps — Geneticist Chimes In

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November 2, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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On Dennis Venema's argument, along comes a second geneticist, no friend to biology that’s open to the design hypothesis. Read More ›