Biston_betularia Type post Author David Coppedge Date October 10, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , Biston betularia, central dogma, Current Biology, Frontiers in Plant Science, Gary Ruvkun, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jonathan Wells, Lepidoptera, MicroRNAs, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Nobel Prize, noncoding RNAs, peppered moth, Richard Sternberg, Victor Ambros, Zombie Science (book) Nobel Prize vs. the Peppered Myth David Coppedge October 10, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 8 Winners of the Nobel Prize this year have undercut the Darwinian explanation for industrial melanism. Read More ›
Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date December 13, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , bacteria, Bernard Kettlewell, Biston betularia, Christmas Eve, courage, creationists, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jerry Coyne, Judith Hooper, Michael Majerus, natural selection, Nature (journal), Of Moths and Men, peppered moth, Santa Claus, scientific evidence, textbooks, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Why Evolution Is True Jerry Coyne — An Evolutionist and His Ideology Robert Shedinger December 13, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design 6 At least some others have the courage to stand for what they believe even in the face of potential criticism. Read More ›
Biston-betularia Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date May 31, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution, sampling, second coming, tree trunks Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again Jonathan Wells May 31, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences 4 At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›
Darwin's finch Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date February 15, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , Artificial Selection, Bernard Kettlewell, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Hugo de Vries, industrial melanism, macroevolution, microevolution, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series) Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection Jonathan Wells February 15, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences 7 When the drought ended and the rains returned, however, food was plentiful, and the average beak size returned to normal. Read More ›
Peppered Moth Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date August 14, 2019 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, "God of the gaps", American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Theological Schools, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Ian Barbour, ideology, industrial melanism, John Haught, Luther College, Michael Ruse, peppered moth, religion, Roman Catholic, scholars, science, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, theology Have Religion Scholars Been Deceived by Darwin? Robert Shedinger August 14, 2019 Evolution 5 On the relationship between religion on science, few scholars have been more influential than the late Ian Barbour, a physicist and theologian. Read More ›