Tag: finches

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, archetype, biological systems, biology, cold-spots, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, DNA, evolution, finches, fitness, Galápagos Islands, generalists, genetic variation, haplotype blocks, intelligent design, line, optimality, Pareto front, Pareto trajectory, Peter and Rosemary Grant, polytope, radiation, random mutations, randomness, specialists, systems biologists, trade-offs, triangle, Uppsala University, Uri Alon, Vilfredo Pareto}

Optimization: The Engineering Explanation for “Evolution Happening Before Our Eyes”

_{Emily Reeves
October 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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On Daphne Major, a Galápagos island, there are three major types of finch food: large seeds, small seeds, and pollen and insects. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, remembrances, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, bioRxiv, CELS 2021, CRISPR, DNA, Emily Reeves, epigenetics, evolution, finches, gametes, genetic information, geneticists, hybridization, intelligent design, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Methanoperedens, natural selection, Nature (journal), Neil Thomas, New Scientist, organelles, Peter and Rosemary Grant, PNAS, Taking Leave of Darwin, The Scientist, University of Copenhagen, zygote}

Non-Mendelian Inheritance Undermines Neo-Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
August 13, 2021

Evolution

9}

Neo-Darwinians breathed a sigh of relief when in the 1930s they found a way to incorporate Mendel’s laws of heredity. Now, that relief is unraveling. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 31, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biological novelty, bioRxiv, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, devolution, East Africa, Ernst Mayr, evolution, evolutionary biology, finches, grizzly bears, Hank Green, Lake Victoria, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Michael Behe, Nature Scientific Reports, polar bears, preprints, species, taxpayers, The Conversation, The Edge of Evolution}

Time to Put a Lid on Cichlid Evolution Propaganda

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2019

Evolution

8}

If cichlid evolution is a central paradigm in evolutionary biology, then Darwinism’s sphere of explanatory inference is too small to matter. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 23, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, anole lizards, arctic tern, birds, carbohydrate, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, dinosaurs, driver, evolution, finches, flightless cormorant, flightlessness, Galápagos Islands, glacier, global warming, Gondwana, Hawaii, honeycreepers, mass extinction, Michael Behe, migration, New Zealand, PNAS}

Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 23, 2019

Evolution

6}

They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “selfish gene”, anomalies, bacterial infection, Cretaceous Period, Darwin Day, Darwinism, DNA repair, Evolution (journal), finches, humans, hybrids, Nature (journal), open reading frames, paleontology, parrots}

A Theory in Crisis: Darwinian Anomalies Accumulate

_{Science and Culture
February 4, 2019

Evolution

8}

Darwin Day is just a week from today! To help celebrate, here are a few recent findings that contradict Darwinism. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, bacteria, Christianity, Darwinian, evolution, faith, finches, Finding Darwin's God, fossil record, genes, Günter Bechly, Günter Wagner, hyenas, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, materialism, Michael Behe, Research, Richard Sternberg, science, Seattle, Summer Seminars, theism, whales}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Expand Students’ Intellectual Horizons

_{Brian Miller
July 23, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics, Science Education

4}

A primary reason why many biologists never question the standard evolutionary model is their very limited training in mathematics. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 18, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird song, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal}

Are Birdsongs Language?

_{Michael Egnor
July 18, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

7}

Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›