Tag: First Rule of Adaptive Evolution

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adenine, biochemists, E. coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos}

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

_{Rob Stadler
February 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

9}

In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. 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

3}

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
May 13, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, active information, BIO-Complexity, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, equilibrium, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness landscape, genetic algorithms, genome, Jonathan Bartlett, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mathematician, Michael Behe, mutations, Richard Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski}

New Papers Explore the Utility of Active Information

_{Casey Luskin
May 13, 2020

Evolution

7}

William Dembski and Robert J. Marks developed the concept of active information to measure the extent to which a search function appears pre-programmed to find some target. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 15, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, birds, critics, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, dog breeds, Dogs, eukaryotes, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, genetic information, humans, humor, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, mutations, polar bears, prokaryotes, religion, Richard Lenski, science, wolves}

Judge Michael Behe’s Case for Intelligent Design Yourself

_{David Klinghoffer
April 15, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

“Darwin’s mechanism is dominated by ‘Poison-Pill’ mutations: positively-selected, loss-of-function mutation.” It “squanders genetic information for short-term gain.” Read More ›

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Date
April 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Escherichia coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mind, mutations, natural selection, nature, On the Origin of Species, organisms, PLOS Biology, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tom Bethell, yeast}

Fake Darwinism in an International Test of Experimental Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 26, 2019

Evolution

8}

It’s fine to search through random results for an outcome you’re aiming for. Just don’t call it Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Date
April 18, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Dover trial, evo-devo, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, natural genetic engineering, neutral theory, outboard motor, PLOS Biology, starvation, T3SS, type III secretion system}

Darwin Devolves, Again: Study Finds Bacteria Eject Their Flagella to Avoid Starvation

_{Science and Culture
April 18, 2019

Intelligent Design

7}

This finding fits Michael Behe’s book Darwin Devolves perfectly. It’s easier to throw cargo overboard than to create it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 3, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Christians, dentists, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, intelligent design, journalists, Kevin Williamson, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, National Review, Nobel laureates, poets, Richard Lenski, Scientific Dissent from Darwin, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Wikipedia}

Science and Its Consequences: Kevin Williamson Versus Intelligent Design, Again

_{David Klinghoffer
April 3, 2019

Biochemistry, Science Reporting

5}

The question before us was whether anyone but journalists and other amateurs take the science of ID, “daft rube-bait” according to Kevin, seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, central nervous system, cichlid fishes, circulatory system, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, E. coli, effective population size, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary theory, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fish, John Jay College, John McDonald, lemurs, macroevolution, Madagascar, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, neutral theory, nylonase, organs, ossicles, Robert J. Marks II, Skeptic Magazine, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In His Latest Review of Behe’s Darwin Devolves, Nathan Lents Misses the Forest for the Trees

_{Brian Miller
April 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

Evolutionists now increasingly believe that major adaptations are driven by neutral mutations. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 29, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, flexibility, gain of function, genes, genetic information, hemoglobin, high fat diet, Long Term Evolution Experiment, loss of function, LTEE, mice, Michigan State University, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, polar bears, proteins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

_{Michael Behe
March 29, 2019

Intelligent Design

11}

Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 25, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ALX1, Amber Rice, birds, birth defects, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Galápagos finches, genes, Greg Lang, Lake Victoria, Lehigh University, mutations, nucleotides, proteins, Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2

_{Michael Behe
March 25, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms. Read More ›