Tag: homology

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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
Rob Stadler

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __trending, assumptions, Bill Nye, common ancestor, common ancestry, confidence, designers, evidence, evolution, fossil record, hedging, homology, intelligent design, lifeforms, phylogenetic trees, prospective study, repeatability, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, vertebrate skeleton, vertebrates, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series)}

When Can I Trust Scientists About Evolution?

_{Rob Stadler
February 3, 2026

Biology, Evolution

4}

The most commonly cited areas of evidence in favor of common ancestry include the fossil record and homology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Arginine, biosynthesis, blind processes, design logic, DNA, engineering, enzymes, evolution, genes, histidine, homology, intelligent design, mRNA, operons, prokaryotes, recurring design logic, regulation, Ribosome, RNA polymerase, transcription, translation, tryptophan, unguided processes}

Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolution, Evolution News, homology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, prokaryotes, prokaryotic cells}

The Cell Division Challenge to Eukaryogenesis — And to Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The disparity between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell division is very surprising given the standard evolutionary view of gradual, incremental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, birds, common descent, convergence, evolution, homology, intelligent design, Jurassic, Karl Popper, nested hierarchy, synapomorphy, thought police}

Fossil Friday: Scansoriopterygidae, Bizarre Bird-Like Dinosaurs, Illustrate Darwinist Trickery

_{Günter Bechly
December 15, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

12}

Common descent is assumed and the evidence interpreted accordingly, rather than common descent being deduced from the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Carboniferous Period, caterpillar, crustaceans, Darwinism, Dollo’s Law, evo-devo, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, homology, hybridization, Illustra Media, insects, intelligent design, irreversibility, Lepidoptera, Metamorphosis, paleontology}

Fossil Friday: How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs, or Not

_{Günter Bechly
November 10, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

24}

In spite of all the scientific efforts by Darwinists, the origin of complete metamorphosis in holometabolan insects remains an unsolved mystery. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, circular reasoning, common descent, evolution, homology, intelligent design, laughter, learning, Long Story Short, species, YouTube videos}

“Long Story” Sunday: Why Homology Can’t Be Used as Evidence for Evolution

_{Emily Sandico
November 5, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

How has your weekend been so far? There's still time to spice it up with a little laughter and learning. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, amniotes, biological novelty, birds, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francis Collins, Germany, homology, intelligent design, Karl Giberson, ontogeny, paleontology, scales, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, The Language of Science and Faith, theropod, theropod dinosaurs}

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

_{Günter Bechly
May 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

9}

Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Read More ›

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Author
David Swift

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, biologists, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, common descent, complexity, embryo, embryonic development, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary processes, evolutionists, fish, gastrulation, homology, mammals, mutations, natural selection, PZ Myers, reptiles, vertebrates}

Will Evolutionists Ever Take Falsification Seriously? A Response to P. Z. Myers

_{David Swift
March 30, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences

6}

Can there be a better example of trying to argue that whatever the evidence, evolution is the answer? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, amniotes, amphibians, BIO-Complexity, birds, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, development, developmental biology, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, gastrulation, homology, intelligent design, lancelets, mammals, peer-reviewed literature, primates, reptiles, tissues, waiting-time problem}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
March 23, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

7}

Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry. Read More ›