Tag: genetic variations

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jeff Tomkins, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biologists, biology, category theory, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, evolution, genetic variations, genome, immaterial genome, intelligent design, life, material processes, natural selection, natural world, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, silver bullet}

Richard Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome Is Darwinism’s Silver Bullet

_{Science and Culture
May 7, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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This may sound spooky, but as Dr. Brian Miller explains, it is chiefly the application of advanced mathematics that dictates Dr. Sternberg’s conclusion. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
February 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Ann Gauger, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, cell wall, Douglas Axe, genetic variations, genomes, ionizing radiation, Jonathan Bartlett, Michael Behe, mutations, non-random mutation, organisms, Paul Nelson, phylogenetics, polymerases, population dynamics, random mutation, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Paper Digest: Addressing Flaws in Population Dynamic Models

_{Emily Reeves
February 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Reframing genetic variation as falling into separate categories — random and non-random — could provide new insights into the history of life. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, David N. Reznick, downstream, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish, upstream}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antigens, DNA, Eric Bapteste, genetic change, genetic information, genetic variations, HGT, intelligent agents, intelligent design, mutations, polymerase, selection, sexual reproduction, UV radiation}

Examining Sources of Genetic Change

_{Emily Reeves
July 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Eric Bapteste, a researcher at Sorbonne University, just co-authored a review discussing genetic change in the context of aging. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, atomism, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Craig Keener, Darrel Falk, Dogs, Epicureanism, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fossil record, Francisco Ayala, genes, genetic variations, Gerd Müller, Hugo de Vries, intelligent design, materialists, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Paul, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Stoics, The Blind Watchmaker}

Darrel Falk Downplays the Ramifications of the 2016 Royal Society Meeting

_{Brian Miller
June 2, 2021

Evolution

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The meeting exposed the reality, hidden from the public, that leading evolutionary theorists recognize that natural selection has no real creative power. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", bats, behavior, body plans, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, design intuition, development, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary theory, Galileo Galilei, genera, genetic variations, Harvard University, innovation, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, philosophers, physiology, postdoc, Research, Royal Society, species, telescope, theologians, whales}

The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections

_{Brian Miller
December 28, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments. Read More ›