Tag: geochemistry

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, burial, cave walls, chronology, erosion, fossils, geochemistry, hominins, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, hype, IFL Science, intelligence, Journal of Human Evolution, Lee Berger, media, micromorphology, Netflix, paleoanthropologists, Rising Star Cave, South Africa, spectroscopy, taphonomy, tools}

Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

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November 15, 2023

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, bacteria, biophysics, Cambrian Explosion, eukaryotes, evolution, geochemistry, geophysics, Great Oxidation Event, heme, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, iron, Mars, nutrients, oceans, Oxford University, oxygen, PNAS, supernova, toxicity, Washington University}

No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2022

Biology, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, arthropods, bioRxiv, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian fossils, Cambrian News, Cambrian phyla, Canada, carbon, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran fossils, evolution, fossil record, geochemistry, Newfoundland, oxygen, PNAS, Proterozoic Eon, Stephen Meyer}

In Carbon Isotope Excursions, Darwinists Lose Another Excuse for the Cambrian Explosion

_{Science and Culture
July 23, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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The claim that a spike in carbon isotope concentrations led to the explosion of biological diversity in the Cambrian doesn’t hold up, as if it would have helped, anyway. Read More ›

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Date
March 17, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Colorado School of Mines, Dallas, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, England, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, geochemistry, intelligent design, Jon Buell, Linda Buell, marriage, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Olsen, San Francisco State University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Cambridge, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Remembering Our Friend Jon Buell, Intelligent Design’s “Matchmaker”

_{Science and Culture
March 17, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If others have been hailed as the “father of intelligent design” (Michael Behe) or the “godfather” (Phillip Johnson), then Jon Buell was the “matchmaker.” Read More ›

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Date
April 9, 2019

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, comb jelly, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian processes, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, geochemistry, Live Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, paleontology, radiations, Stephen Meyer, stratigraphy, trilobite}

Cambrian Explosion Excuses: Theme and Variations

_{Science and Culture
April 9, 2019

Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

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It’s circular: “Because evolution innovates things, it will innovate things if given the opportunity.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 28, 2011

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, abiogenesis, credulity, early Earth, geochemistry, misinformation, mythology, primordial soup, Skeptic Magazine, skepticism, Stanley Miller}

Skeptic Magazine Unskeptical about Miller-Urey Experiment

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February 28, 2011

Biochemistry, Origin of Life, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Skeptic Magazine shows no skepticism towards the Miller-Urey experiment, instead claiming the experiment simulated the early earth’s atmosphere. Recently I went to a local bookstore and found myself perusing the latest issue of Skeptic Magazine, “A Perspective on the Nature and Origin of Life.” The cover story was on the origin of life, and written by chemical engineer Paul F. Deisler Jr. (Vol. 16, No. 2). While the article admits that “[c]urrent scientific detection technology and exploration have not yet found traces within the transition period to show how non-life became life,” it nonetheless puffs the weak evidence for the origin of life. In particular, it promotes the Miller-Urey experiment without any mention of the fact that there are severe Read More ›