Tag: Michael Majerus

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, birds, Biston betularia, body plans, branches, Charles Darwin, coloration, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, fundamentalist Christians, Great Britain, Icons of Evolution, IFL Science, Jonathan Wells, Katie Spalding, Michael Majerus, moth wings, moths, natural selection, New York Times, organs, peppered moths, Science and Culture Today, textbooks, trunks, twigs, Zombie Science}

Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bernard Kettlewell, Biston betularia, Christmas Eve, courage, creationists, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jerry Coyne, Judith Hooper, Michael Majerus, natural selection, Nature (journal), Of Moths and Men, peppered moth, Santa Claus, scientific evidence, textbooks, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne — An Evolutionist and His Ideology

_{Robert Shedinger
December 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At least some others have the courage to stand for what they believe even in the face of potential criticism. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution, sampling, second coming, tree trunks}

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Bernard Kettlewell, Biston betularia, Brian K. Hall, butterflies, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fruit flies, gene regulation, gills, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Wells, Judith Hooper, junk DNA, Michael Majerus, moths, Of Moths and Men, Peter Grant, pharyngeal arches, Rosemary Grant, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, tree trunks, wings, Zombie Science (book)}

Strickberger’s Evolution Textbook Promotes False Evolutionary Icons

_{Robert Shedinger
July 20, 2020

Evolution

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From crippled fruit flies we move to perhaps the most pervasive icon of them all, the peppered moth. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, color, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, Genome Research, hybridization, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, interbreeding, Jonathan Wells, Michael Majerus, Montana, mutations, Nevada, peppered moths, Peter Grant, radiation, Rosemary Grant, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, Washington State, Zombie Science (book)}

Peppered Hares — An Emerging Evolutionary Icon

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

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Some hares turn white in winter where it’s snowy, but remain brown in winter where it’s mild. What does that have to do with Darwinian evolution? Read More ›