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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bayes factor, Center for Science and Culture, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, eggs, embryos, Escherichia coli, evolution, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, James Tour, likelihood, lizards, metabolites, Michael Behe, natural processes, Rice University, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution, University of Idaho}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, alligators, asteroid, birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, lizards, mammals, NASA, octopuses, theropod, Tyrannosaurus rex, Vanderbilt University}

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 17, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 15, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Cambrian Explosion, Crato Formation, crocodiles, Darwin critics, Darwinists, dinosaurs, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), holotype, ichthyosaur, intelligent design, lizards, Lower Cretaceous, mammals, Nature Communications, Peter Ward, pterosaurs, turtles, Upper Triassic}

Fossil Friday: A Croc Smile from the Cretaceous

_{Günter Bechly
July 15, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Ubiquitous discontinuities contradict the gradualist predictions of Darwin’s theory and thus should count as empirical falsifications of that theory. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", competition, depression, education, evolution, heart disease, human evolution, lizards, moths, natural selection, poverty, undirected process, United Kingdom}

“Human Evolution” Is a Misnomer

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 11, 2022

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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A new study claims that “natural selection” is making society more unequal because it is favoring those with poorer education and lower earnings. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, babies, birds, brain size, Cornell University, eggs, intelligence, lemurs, lizards, neurons, penguins, reptiles, The Scientist}

Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, arthropods, circadian rhythms, cladistics, common descent, crustaceans, Current Biology, Devonian Period, evolutionists, frogs, homology, homoplasy, lizards, Paleozoic, pseudogenes, Simon Conway Morris, sleep, Stephen Jay Gould, tetrapods, University of Tübingen, vertebrates, Willi Hennig}

Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy

_{Günter Bechly
April 23, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome. Read More ›

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Date
October 17, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Cambrian Explosion, geckos, Irreducible Complexity, lizards, Research}

More on That Gecko Anti-Design Claim

_{Science & Culture
October 17, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists say their findings "serve as good evidence against intelligent design ideas." Read More ›

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Date
July 8, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Irreducible Complexity, lizards, Nature, Research, Science}

In Praise of Lizards

_{Science & Culture
July 8, 2016

Intelligent Design

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They scurry under rocks when you approach, but they are among the most diverse and successful of animals, even inspiring human inventors. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 6, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, evolution, feathers, fur, gaps, lizards, Research, Science}

On the Diversification of Fur, Feathers, and Scales, the Mystery Remains

_{Michael Denton
July 6, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Reporting in Science Advances, researchers studied a lizard, a bearded dragon, in which scales failed to develop. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 30, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, lizards, The Designed Body (series)}

Understanding Temperature: Cold-Blooded versus Warm-Blooded Animals

_{Howard Glicksman
April 30, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Conventional scientific wisdom says that warm-blooded animals evolved from cold-blooded ones. Read More ›