Varbuss Type post Author Eric Cassell Date March 14, 2025 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , animal behavior, brain, Caenorhabditis elegans, connectome, Darwinian evolution, directed evolution, dopamine, egg laying, evolution, fasting, feeding, information, intelligent design, interneurons, Journal of Neurochemistry, learning, mating, memory, motor neurons, movement, Nature (journal), nematode, Neural Networks, neurons, neuropeptide, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, sensory neurons, serotonin, synapses “Directed Evolution”: The Tiniest Brain Is Not Simple Eric Cassell March 14, 2025 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 9 Even a cursory examination of the connectome shows the complexity of the brain, despite its tiny size. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date June 10, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGenetics Tagged , __tedited, absence of evidence, alignment, common descent, egg laying, genes, genetic similarities, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific debate, scientific explanation, scientific reasoning, synteny, V.J. Torley Vincent Torley Thinks I Have Egg on My Face Ann Gauger June 10, 2016 Evolution, Genetics 12 I didn't expect to be honored by a 7500-word broadside by philosopher Dr. Vincent Torley, assisted by Dr. Josh Swamidass of Washington University. Read More ›
Type post Date May 25, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGenetics Tagged , __tedited, egg laying, genetic differences, human genome, pseudogenes, universal common ancestry, vitellogenin Humans, Chickens, and the Vitellogenin Pseudogene — Summing Up Science and Culture May 25, 2016 Evolution, Genetics 2 According to the data, the debate concerns six total genes supposedly shared by humans and chickens. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date May 24, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, assumptions, egg laying, exaptation, functional sequences, functionality, genetic similarities, junk DNA, pseudogenes, sequence alignment, synteny, vitellogenin The Vitellogenin Pseudogene Story: Unequally Yolked Ann Gauger May 24, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology 7 Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another. Read More ›
Type post Date May 23, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, common descent, Dennis Venema, egg laying, functional sequences, human lineages, junk DNA, pseudogenes, V.J. Torley Functional Pseuodogenes and Common Descent Science and Culture May 23, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology 13 V.J. Torley and our colleague Cornelius Hunter have continued their discussion. Read More ›
Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date May 13, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, ad hominem, chimp genome, common descent, creationism, criticisms, egg laying, forensic science, genetic similarities, human origins, misrepresentation, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific debate, scientific reasoning, straw man, theologians, V.J. Torley, Warfare Thesis One Long Argument — Responding to VJ Torley on Human-Ape Common Descent Cornelius Hunter May 13, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology 5 At Uncommon Descent, Torley has analyzed my criticism of S. Joshua Swamidass's recent article, "Evidence and Evolution." Read More ›
