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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Linnean Society

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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
November 10, 2025
Categories
Evolution
Historical Sciences
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A Matter of Insinuation: Chance in Darwin’s Theory 

Neil Thomas
November 10, 2025
Evolution, Historical Sciences
11
Think of a rock dislodged by happenstance, tumbling down a mountain, and coming to rest in some particular spot. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (active 1855-1922) / Public domain.
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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
November 25, 2023
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered

Michael Flannery
November 25, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
8
Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology. Read More ›
orchids
Photo credit: Arne and Bent Larsen or A./B. Larsen, CC BY-SA 2.5 DK <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/dk/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Robert F. Shedinger
Date
September 13, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Charles Darwin’s Freudian Slip

Robert Shedinger
September 13, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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It looks like Darwin was as impressed as everyone else by the amazing ingenuity in orchids and could not ignore the evidence for design. Read More ›
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Author
Robert F. Shedinger
Date
April 19, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Darwin’s Most Important Book?

Robert Shedinger
April 19, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
5
Darwin was not at all unsure about the value of his orchid book. He viewed it as presenting the most convincing case for natural selection that he could make. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
Robert F. Shedinger
Date
February 10, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Darwin’s Reticence: How on Earth Did the Origin of Species Ever Get Published?

Robert Shedinger
February 10, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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Even Darwin would be aghast at what the world has made of a mere abstract that he was almost pathologically ambivalent about ever publishing. Read More ›
Linnean Society
Photo: A clock in the meeting room of the Linnean Society, by Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
May 3, 2021
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Evolution
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When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

Michael Flannery
May 3, 2021
Evolution
5
The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Read More ›
Wallace 2
Photo: Alfred Russel Wallace, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company (active 1855-1922) (First published in Borderland Magazine, April 1896) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
July 30, 2018
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Botany
Evolution
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Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered

Michael Flannery
July 30, 2018
Botany, Evolution
8
Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology. Read More ›
Darwin statue from a distance
A.N. Wilson
Photo: Visitors admire the iconic Darwin statue at London's Natural History Museum, by Thomas Fabian, via Flickr.
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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
December 20, 2017
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Evolution
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A.N. Wilson’s Charles Darwin — A Sense of Déjà Vu

Michael Flannery
December 20, 2017
Evolution
5
Factual errors aside, the problem is I’ve heard all this before. Read More ›

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