Tag: macroevolution

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, americans, anatomy, Aston Martin, back pain, bipedal skeleton, bipedalism, bridge design, bridges, Bristol University, Cambridge University, cars, Corvette, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, engineering, European Space Agency, evolution, horizontal beams, human back, human body, human spine, intelligent design, intervertebral discs, Jerry Coyne, King Charles III, Liberty University, Lucy Hyde, macroevolution, misuse, Nathan Lents, poor design, predictions, Prince Charles, quadrupedal skeleton, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, vertebrae}

Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 24, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Archbishop Józef Mirosław Życiński, Bible, biological origins, Brown University, C. Everett Koop, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholic intellectuals, Darwinism, Edward Peltzer, Ernan McMullin, evolution, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Fr. Richard Pendergast, Francis Schaeffer, Genesis, intelligent design, James Tour, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Kurt Wise, Lumen Christi Institute, macroevolution, microevolution, Protestant circles, Protestants, Roe v. Wade, Roman Catholicism, Steve Greene, The Design Inference, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, Young Earth Creationists}

Why Roman Catholicism Needs Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
March 13, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Through high school and most of junior high, I attended Roman Catholic schools. I liked the discipline. I learned to buckle down on my studies. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, biologists, biology, biomimicry, blood flow, brain, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Emily Reeves, engineering, Engineering Research Group, engineers, genetic variation, glycolysis, living systems, macroevolution, Michael Egnor, microevolution, modularity, optimality, pathology, physicians, physiology, Research, robustness, Stuart Burgess, systems engineering, Texas A&M, theory of biological design}

Year in Review: Demonstrating the Power of the Intelligent Design Framework in Biology

_{Brian Miller
December 22, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design

6}

Our scientists and engineers have further laid the foundation for a comprehensive and actionable theory of biological design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, complex biological features, Denis Noble, epigenetic change, evo-devo, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, horizontal gene transfer, intelligent design, Lamarckian theory, macroevolution, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, natural genetic engineering, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, niche construction, On the Origin of Species, teleonomy, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago}

Third Way Evolution and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

_{Casey Luskin
December 11, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Things were peachy until the late 20th/early 21st century, when some biologists began to acknowledge that neo-Darwinism had a glaring explanatory deficit. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Caltech, Darwin's Doubt, dGRNs, embryo, enzymes, Eric Davidson, evo-devo, Explore Evolution, Gerd Müller, Hox genes, Jeffrey Schwartz, John McDonald, macroevolution, microevolution, neo-Darwinian theory, population genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sean B. Carroll, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, University of Vienna}

Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

19}

"On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Casey Luskin, David Hullender, evolution, ID the Future, macroevolution, Neo-Darwinism, Olen Brown, podcast, probability, scientists, species, University of Missouri, University of Texas}

Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued from Dogma?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Casey Luskin begins a conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

78}

As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Casey Luskin, CELS, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, Eric Anderson, evolution, finch beaks, ID the Future, intelligent design, macroevolution, microevolution, natural selection, peppered moths, podcast, unguided evolution}

Is Adaptation Actually a Fight to Stay the Same?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 26, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin pointed to small changes like finch beak size and peppered moth color as visible evidence of an unguided evolutionary process at work. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

_{Günter Bechly
December 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

65}

The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›