Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Casey Luskin
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Stephen C. Meyer
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Topic

Endogenous retroviruses

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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 9, 2019
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”

Casey Luskin
September 9, 2019
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is. Read More ›
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Date
January 16, 2018
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Evolution
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Population Genetics: What It Is and Why It Matters

Science & Culture
January 16, 2018
Evolution
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Some have claimed that for humans the coalescence to one (or first coalescent) does not happen for well over a million years back in time, calling into question the idea of a single-couple human origin. Read More ›
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Author
Ann Gauger
Date
June 17, 2016
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Biology
Genetics
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The Placenta Problem: How Common Descent Fails

Ann Gauger
June 17, 2016
Biology, Genetics
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Philosopher Vincent Torley (and Professor Josh Swamidass) have been trying to persuade me that common descent is the only rational view to affirm. Read More ›
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Retrovirus Replication A retrovirus in the process
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
May 26, 2011
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Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Do Shared ERVs Support Common Ancestry?

Jonathan McLatchie
May 26, 2011
Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology
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In my previous article, I discussed the background of one of the most commonly made arguments for primate common ancestry. In this article, I want to examine the first of the three layers of evidence offered by a popular-level article written about this subject. Read More ›
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A close up of a virus in a greenish blue color
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post
Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
May 25, 2011
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Evolution
Life Sciences
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Revisiting an Old Chestnut: Retroviruses and Common Descent (Updated)

Jonathan McLatchie
May 25, 2011
Evolution, Life Sciences
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One common argument for common descent which one hears very frequently in the evolutionary literature concerns the placement of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in orthologous loci in primate genomes. Read More ›
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
August 21, 2008
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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“Large Scale” Function for Endogenous Retroviruses: Intelligent Design Prediction Fulfilled While Another Darwinist Argument Bites the Dust

Casey Luskin
August 21, 2008
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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ID predicts function because the basis for ID’s predictions is observations of how intelligent agents design things, and intelligent agents tend to design objects that perform some kind of function. Read More ›

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