Tag: genomes

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, airplanes, avida, benefit, budding yeast, Christoph Adami, code, conditional sections, error correction, evolutionary processes, genomes, information, mutation rate, mutational load, mutations, redundancy, redundant systems, robustness, selection, survival, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolutionary Origin of Information: The Problem of Robustness

_{Winston Ewert
September 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution

3}

It is surprising to me that the authors of these studies did not consider it more of a priority to understand the mechanics of robustness. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Artificial Cell Model, avida, calculations, Christoph Adami, complex systems, complexity, computer models, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary models, fitness, genomes, information, intelligent design, metabolites, precursor molecules, pykaryotes, simplicity, The Evolution of Biological Information, Thomas Ray, Tierra}

Evolutionary Models Reward Complexity for Complexity’s Sake

_{Winston Ewert
September 2, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

But then the complexity is not interesting. Crucially, it’s not really information. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 21, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, bacteria, Cit+, complex molecular interactions, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, Dave Farina, Educating Dave Farina (series), eukaryotes, evolution, fitness landscapes, generation time, genomes, HIV, mammals, Michael Behe, mutation rates, mutations, patients, population sizes, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, viruses, Vpu, YouTubers}

In Defense of The Edge of Evolution, a Response to Dave Farina

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 21, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

5}

If evolution is capable of producing complex molecular interactions, the place where we would most expect to find them is in viruses like HIV. Read More ›

Neanderthal armed with lance, their part in Homo Sapiens Anthropology and Darwinian Theory.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Amazon, archeology, Ascent of Man, astrobiology, China, Darwinian evolution, Eurasia, evolutionary psychology, forebears, genomes, glaciers, Greece, Jonathan Cheng, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthals, rainforest, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui, Stone Age, subhumans, The Atlantic, UC Berkeley, Wall Street Journal}

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Read More ›

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Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, Chordata, chordates, common ancestor, evolution, genomes, hominid, Homo sapiens, inference, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, mammals, Metazoa, Network of Life, ontology, organisms, Pan troglodytes, paragraphs, phylogenetic inference, phylogenetics, phylogeny, species, statistical noise, Systematic Biology, systematics, traits, Tree of Life}

Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses: A Question for You

_{Science & Culture
August 12, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

2}

You can read this proposition a dozen times over and still be unable to say what it disallows in phylogenetic inference. Read More ›

A wet concrete driveway with a slight slope and a reflecting surface, bordered by a lush green lawn and mature shrubbery.

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, brains, Christoph Adami, Claude Shannon, complexity, driveway, election results, evolution, genomes, hemoglobin, historical contingency, historical events, information, intelligent design, malaria, mutation, mutual information, nature, polling, Princeton University Press, proteins, rain, Records, sickle cell anemia, The Evolution of Biological Information, viruses, weather, weather forecast}

Evolution of Biological Information: The Definition of Information

_{Winston Ewert
July 17, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Whether the driveway is wet provides information about whether it rained. If the driveway is dry, it certainly has not rained. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, African sleeping sickness, APOL1, Daniel Melamed, diseases, engineering, genes, genetic mutations, genomes, germline genome, haploid, heterozygotes, HindIII, homozygotes, Israel, malaria, MEMDS, mutation DNA, Mutation Enrichment followed by Maximum Depth Sequencing, mutation frequency, mutations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, randomness, restriction enzyme, sperm, sperm DNA, Trypanosoma brucei, University of Haifa, wild-type DNA}

Could Genetic Mutations Be Non-Random? New Evidence for Mutational Bias

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

4}

The researchers examined the emergence of a mutation in the human APOL1 gene that confers protection from African sleeping sickness. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies}

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference

_{Casey Luskin
January 1, 2026

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

7}

This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, bioethics, biology, Christians, Christopher Columbus, computer science, Copernicus, cosmology, evolution, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, genomes, Google, history, history of science, intelligent design, Mount Doom, natural philosophy, poetry, religion, Robert J. Marks II, skeptics, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, Winston Ewert}

Science Before the Rise of Modern Science

_{William A. Dembski
October 27, 2025

Faith & Science, History of Science

25}

An interview with Winston Ewert about his fascinating new book on the interaction between science and faith before Copernicus. Read More ›

Anthropomorphic chimp dressed in a suit like a businessman. business concept. AI generated, human enhanced

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, chimps, chromosomes, common ancestor, Discovery Institute, DNA, experts, genes, genomes, German, headlines, humans, intelligent design, Live Science, mainstream media, Nature (journal), proteins, regulatory regions, Science and Culture, Spain, Spencer Klavan}

On Human-Chimp Genetic (Dis)Similarity, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

4}

Would anyone know that the 1 percent icon has finally fallen, if we hadn't broken the story? It seems not. Read More ›