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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Current Biology, devolution, Eric Anderson, evolution, evolutionary tree, functionality, genetic information, ID the Future, introns, malaria, Michael Behe, mutations, Plasmodium falciparum, podcast, Tree of Life, yeast}

Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan Witt
November 27, 2021

Evolution, Medicine

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Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
September 30, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Darwin Devolves, devolution, elephants, Ethiopia, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, malaria, Nature Microbiology, parasite, Plasmodium falciparum}

Devolution Watch: Malaria Gnaws Off a Leg

_{Michael Behe
September 30, 2021

Evolution, Medicine

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The most frequently used diagnostic test kit checks for the presence in the patient’s blood of either of two similar malarial proteins, called pfhrp2 or pfhrp3. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, evolution, function, genes, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, phenotypes, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Read More ›

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Date
December 19, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, birds, Darwinian theory, devolution, function, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, peer-reviewed literature, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Michael Behe: Evolution by Devolution

_{Science & Culture
December 19, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution

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An example of this devolutionary process on a showy scale? Flightless island birds, devolved from birds that could fly. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, Darwinian theory, devolution, E.O. Wilson, evolution, fiction, goodness, human nature, materialism, movies, mutations, natural selection, nobility, novels, sexual selection}

Darwin and the Devolution of Story

_{Jonathan Witt
December 11, 2020

Arts, Bioethics

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Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 13, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, automobiles, cars, devolution, evolution, fossil record, Houston Baptist University, humans, intelligent design, software, Spanish, Why Evolution Is Different}

On the Evolution of Automobiles

_{Granville Sewell
July 13, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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In automobile evolution, for example (or in the evolution of software), as in the history of life, we see major new features appear suddenly. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
June 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, E. coli, eLife, evolution, fatty acids, genes, genetic information, Long Term Evolution Experiment, metabolism, Michigan State University, mutations, oxygen, Richard Lenski}

Citrate Death Spiral

_{Michael Behe
June 17, 2020

Evolution

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Michigan State University biologist Richard Lenski and collaborators have just published a terrific new paper. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, Darwin Devolves, devolution, DNA, E. coli, evolution, hydrogen peroxide, mutations, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Richard Lenski, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, University of Michigan}

Helpful Devolutionary Mutations Are Rapid and Unavoidable: Paper Reinforces Darwin Devolves

_{Michael Behe
March 5, 2020

Evolution, Life Sciences

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There is simply no way for any unguided, unintelligent account of the unfolding of life to avoid the bane of helpful degradative mutations. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, animals, chihuahua, cows, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, devolution, eugenics, extrapolation, genes, horses, humans, Marshall McLuhan, Michael Behe, New York Times, pigs, Richard Dawkins, University College London}

If Human Eugenics Wouldn’t Work, Human Evolution Has a Big Problem

_{David Klinghoffer
February 18, 2020

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Richard Dawkins got his wings clipped over the weekend, following a claim on Twitter. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, cetaceans, chloroquine resistance, Darwin Devolves, devolution, DNA, dolphins, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Italy, macroevolution, malaria, microevolution, Paul Davies, Paul Nelson, Richard Lenski, University of Connecticut, University of Glasgow, whales}

Darwin Devolves — Evidence Keeps Rolling In

_{Michael Behe
October 2, 2019

Evolution

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The second paper is an in-depth look at genetic changes associated with the evolution of whales and dolphins. They found a lot of devolution. Read More ›