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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, Africa, Casey Luskin, consciousness, evolutionary biology, fish, flatworm, fossil record, gestation, Gregory Chaitin, hominins, human intelligence, human mind, human origins, Israel, meat, mollusks, mussels, Neanderthals, pain, poetry, pseudoscience, tools}

The Human Mind Has No History

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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There is no good reason to assume that human intelligence evolved from mud to mind via a long slow history. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, asphyxiation, birth, cannibalism, Darwinian expectations, Darwinists, embryos, evolutionary biology, falsification, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Holzmaden, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, London, Lower Jurassic, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, mothers, Natural History Museum, paleontology, Posidonia shale, pseudoscience, science denial, State Museum of Natural History, Stenopterygius quadricissus, Stuttgart}

Fossil Friday: Ichthyosaur Birth, Another Evolutionist Just-So Story Falls Apart

_{Günter Bechly
September 29, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is not how good science is supposed to work but is rather typical for pseudoscience that shields itself against empirical falsification. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, circulatory system, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary pathway, forensic biology, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, mutations, podcast, Scotsmen}

Engineering Prowess of the Blood Clotting Cascade

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Evolution doesn’t perform particularly well when you need to make multiple co-dependent mutations,” says Dr. McLatchie. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, bioRxiv, birds, breeding, computer scientists, dinosaurs, eggs, evolutionary biology, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, just-so stories, locomotion, Munich, paleontology, pareidolia, peer review, taphonomy, Upper Jurassic, wings}

Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils

_{Günter Bechly
August 18, 2023

Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

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Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Epistemology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, design detection, divine intervention, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, laws of nature, natural selection, random mutation, Religions (journal), Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, theologians, University of Helsinki}

Peer-Reviewed Paper by Discovery Institute Staff Evaluates Synthesis of “Design and Evolution”

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2023

Biology, Epistemology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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We regard Kojonen’s model as nuanced, erudite, and fair-minded. It is a model of fine scholarship and deserves serious attention. Read More ›

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Date
May 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellar motor, Boston, cell division, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, DNA replication, evolution, evolutionary biology, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, likelihood ratio, materialists, Sattler College}

Jonathan McLatchie on Classic Examples of Irreducibly Complex Systems

_{Science and Culture
May 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. McLatchie explains the “likelihood ratio” of the evidence for irreducible complexity, a top-heavy ratio he says strongly supports a design hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, A Christmas Carol, A Voice in the Wilderness, academia, African Americans, anti-racism, atheism, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Charles Lyell, Crustacea, evolution, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, history, Human Zoos, John West, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Kool-Aid, Louis Agassiz, Racism, The Voyage of the Beagle, theistic evolution, Victorian England, Yale University}

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

_{Robert Shedinger
May 12, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, arthropods, begging the question, Cambrian Explosion, common ancestry, Darwinists, evolutionary biology, falsification, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, immunization, just-so stories, materialists, opium, phylogeny, pseudoscience, Stephen Meyer, trilobites}

Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Complex Eyes in Trilobites

_{Günter Bechly
April 21, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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The theory has been made immune to empirical falsification because it is simply assumed to be true by default as the only viable option for materialists. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physics
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, biosphere, Brown University, cognitive dissonance, creation, creator, DNA, Edward Feser, evolution, evolutionary biology, faith and science, Genesis, Georgetown University, Gerard Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jesuits, John Haught, Kenneth Miller, life, materialism, molecular biology, monogenesis, Pope Benedict XVI, quantum indeterminacy, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, scientific materialism, Scripture, Stephen Barr, Teilhard de Chardin, theistic evolution, theistic evolutionists, theologians}

Shall We Baptize Darwin? A Catholic Biologist Reflects

_{Ann Gauger
April 18, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physics

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Theistic evolutionists are baptizing a theory first composed by Darwin as a substitute for the doctrine of special Creation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, Darwinism, deforestation, elephant shrews, Eocene, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, K/Pg impact event, Late Paleocene, Madagascar, molecular data, Morocco, Namibia, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

_{Günter Bechly
January 6, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›