Tag: lineages

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post

Date
February 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bacteria, biosphere, chance, complexity, constraints, contingency, convergence, disparity, evolution, life forms, lineages, necessity, randomness, rules, Science Advances, singularities, Stephen Jay Gould, testing, theory testing}

Gould Said It Was All Contingency and Chance — Well, Maybe Not

_{Science and Culture
February 5, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

2}

Appeals to contingency (i.e., in-principle unrepeatable singularities) disable theory testing. If anything can happen…don’t bother to test, because you can’t. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, ancestors, Canada, Cinderella, descendants, evolution, fairy tale, horses, humans, intelligent design, Joe Moysiuk, kids, lineages, misinformation, Neo-Darwinism, parents, videos, whales, Winnipeg}

Will Other Evolutionary Biologists Speak Out About These Misleading Videos?

_{Science and Culture
November 10, 2025

Evolution, Science Education

3}

So, what does it matter if visually compelling but absolutely rubbishy videos give kids and their parents entirely the wrong perception of evolutionary theory? Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2024

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, butterflies, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ghost lineages, lineages, molecular clocks, phylogeny, Stuttgart Natural History Museum}

Fossil Friday: Zygaenid Moths — Molecular Clock vs Fossil Record

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2024

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

4}

The ubiquitous mismatch between molecular clocks and the fossil record clearly represents data to be explained. Read More ›

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, common ancestor, common ancestry, convergence, convergent evolution, dolphins, evolution, evolutionary processes, fish, intelligent design, lineages, natural selection, paleontology, Paul Nelson, preconditions, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, sharks, solutions, swimming, systematics, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Convergent Evolution: An Argument That Comes at a Price

_{Emily Reeves
January 9, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

7}

Rope Kojonen sees convergence as evidence that laws of form "play a significant role" in helping evolutionary processes cluster around similar solutions. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 6, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Anomalocaris, arthropods, body plans, boxing, Burgess Shale, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Current Biology, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinians, Debating Darwin's Doubt, digestive system, Evolution News, Graham Budd, intelligent design, lineages, locomotion, muscles, nerves, paleontology, radiations, Stephen Meyer, Winston Churchill}

In Cambrian Explosion Debate, ID Wins by Default

_{Science and Culture
December 6, 2018

Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

8}

If this is the best answer evolutionists can come up with, it’s game over for Darwinism. Read More ›

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post

Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
July 31, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, common ancestry, convergence, evolutionary theory, falsification, Germany, lineages}

Does Similarity Imply Common Ancestry?

_{Cornelius Hunter
July 31, 2017

Evolution, Science

1}

According to evolution, the species arose as a consequence of random events, such as mutations. Read More ›

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post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 6, 2016

Categories
Paleontology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, biogeography, common ancestry, convergence, design motifs, empirical evidence, evolutionary time, file drawer problem, fossil record, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, genetics, geological time, lineages, promotions, structural motif, suppressed evidence}

Why Fossils Cannot Demonstrate Darwinian Evolution

_{William A. Dembski
July 6, 2016

Paleontology, Scientific Reasoning

10}

There are three fundamental problems with all examples of inferring Darwinian evolution on the basis of fossil evidence. Read More ›