Tag: introgression

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, algorithm, Ariel Chipman, Artificial Selection, balancing selection, BioEssays, Cambrian Explosion, co-option, conservation, Darwin Devolves, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, evolution, Galápagos Islands, gene duplication, genetic drift, genetic mutations, Hugo de Vries, hybridization, introgression, John Sanford, John Templeton Foundation, magic, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mount improbable, Mutant Ninja Turtles, natural selection, negative selection, Owen D. Jones, personification, Phillip E. Johnson, polyploidy, process, programming, pterosaur, purifying selection, Richard Lewontin, Robert Hazen, Spiderman, stabilizing selection, Stuff Happens Law, subfunctionalization, survival of the fittest, The Design Inference, Tom Bethell, tuatara, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
June 9, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinian assumptions, Denisovans, Denyse O’Leary, DNA, Durham University, Europeans, genes, handprints, historical racism, Homo sapiens, human genome, human nature, intelligence, introgression, John Hawks, Michael Gross, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, ochre, Paul Pettitt, PIEZO1, PNAS, Racism, Siberia, skulls, Taiwan, teeth}

With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

_{David Coppedge
November 18, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, "Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, introgression, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), scientific community, Svante Pääbo, University of Cambridge}

No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

_{Günter Bechly
December 24, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

5}

The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 19, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, "Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, introgression, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), scientific community, Svante Pääbo, University of Cambridge}

Fossil Friday: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

_{Günter Bechly
April 19, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

4}

The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioRxiv, co-evolution, convergence, Current Biology, DNA, Duke University, evolution, ferns, Foresight (book), gene flow, heredity, horizontal gene transfer, human evolution, intelligent design, introgression, Neanderthals, North Carolina State University, University of Tübingen}

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
September 20, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 1, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, Big Data, Carl Woese, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Current Biology, Darwinian theory, genomics, hybridization, intelligent design, introgression, jumping genes, lateral gene transfer, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, taxonomy, Texas, transposons, Tree of Life}

Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
June 1, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Adaptive Radiation, Brigham Young University, butterflies, Cambrian Explosion, Cornell University, Current Biology, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, genetic information, Harvard University, Heliconius, hybridization, intelligent design, introgression, Jonathan Wells, phylogenetic tree, PNAS, regulation, Science (journal), The Scientist}

Butterfly Wing Pattern Diversification by Non-Darwinian Mechanisms

_{Science & Culture
December 6, 2019

Evolution

6}

In butterfly “evolution,” new findings show mechanisms at work other than random mutation and natural selection. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 17, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, bacteria, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, DNA repair, E. coli, evolution, fungi, honeybees, horizontal gene transfer, hybridization, ID the Future, introgression, Michael Behe, microbiome, mutations, PLOS Biology, PNAS, radiation, RNA polymerase, Stanford University, Taiwan, University of Barcelona}

Testing Behe’s Principle that Darwin Devolves

_{Science & Culture
April 17, 2019

Evolution

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We looked at some papers claiming to see evolution happening in real time, to see if natural selection has actually invented a new function, or just broke an existing function. Read More ›