Tag: Ian Tattersall

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Avi Loeb, character assassination, Charles Lineweaver, Christoph Adami, Darwin-skeptics, Dave Farina, David Berlinski, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, enzymes, evolution, genetic fallacy, Ian Tattersall, Inference (journal), James Shapiro, James Tour, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Jeremy England, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Cronin, Martin Rees, Noam Chomsky, polymers, polynucleotides, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Richard Dawkins, RNA, specified information, The Workhorse of the Cell}

James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

_{Casey Luskin
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

9}

Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 27, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus sediba, Bernard Wood, burial, Carol Ward, chronology, CNN, Daily Mail, Daniel Lieberman, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), George Washington University, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, human origins, humans, Ian Tattersall, Mark Collard, morphology, mosaic, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, South Africa, University of Missouri}

The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries

_{Casey Luskin
October 27, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

14}

The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, abrupt appearance, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, fossil record, Ian Tattersall, IDEA Center, National Academy of Sciences, Niles Eldredge, paleontologists, punctuated equilibrium, Science Uprising, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory}

Yes, the Punctuated Equilibrium Model Was Developed to Explain the Lack of Transitional Fossils

_{Casey Luskin
January 5, 2022

Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

20}

Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Australopithecus, Bernard Wood, Bible, Christianity Today, Darwinian evolution, East Africa, evolution, FOXP2, Francis Collins, genes, Genetics (journal), Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human intelligence, human origins, Ian Tattersall, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), integration, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, mutations, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Robin Williams, Sapiens (book), science and religion, The Language of God, Time Magazine, William Lane Craig, Yuval Noah Harari}

Missed Opportunity: Passing over Scientific Problems with Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
November 10, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

18}

William Lane Craig’s rhetorical strategy is essentially to accept whatever mainstream evolutionary paleoanthropology says. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
February 25, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, American Museum of Natural History, Ann Gauger, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Bernard Wood, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Genetics and the Origin of Species (book), George Gaylord Simpson, George Washington University, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Ian Tattersall, intelligent design, Jeffrey H. Schwartz, macroevolution, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, punctuated equilibrium, randomness, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Wikipedia}

Neo-Darwinism and the Big Bang of Man’s Origin

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 25, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

37}

Proponents of the ruling theory tell us that we are all undoubtedly intelligent enough to fully grasp their theory, as long as we concur with it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", Case Western Reserve University, Charles Darwin, climate change, Darwinian evolution, David Klinghoffer, Gregor Mendel, Human Errors, Ian Tattersall, intelligent design, James Shapiro, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Jonathan Wells, Michael Egnor, Nathan Lents, Paul Nelson, peer review, psychologist, Psychology Today, Skeptical Inquirer, stereotype}

Why Argue with Intelligent Design? Offer Drive-By Psychotherapy Instead!

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

Avoiding serious discussion of design in nature (and of many other questions) fills a need. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", Bible, biological information, biologist, Ian Tattersall, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Nathan Lents, religion, science, straw man, Twitter}

Surprise: Lents Clarifies that Book Not Intended as Refutation of Intelligent Design!

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2018

Intelligent Design

4}

I explained that his writing has certainly seemed like a subtweet, at the very least, directed at ID. Others appear to understand it similarly. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Homo naledi, human origins, Ian Tattersall, Misia Landau, Niles Eldredge, The Guardian, Yale University}

Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected

_{Jonathan Wells
May 18, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

2}

In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.” Read More ›