Tag: microevolution

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, 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

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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
, antennapedia, 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

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

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, ancestral species, Asian elephant, canids, chronospecies, cladistics, common descent, Darwinism, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, microevolution, phylogenetic systematics, Pleistocene, Pliocene, species-to-species transitions, stem group, technical literature, Willi Hennig, wolves}

Fossil Friday: Direct Fossil Ancestors of Living Species?

_{Günter Bechly
March 8, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

6}

Willi Hennig, the founder of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), recognized that finding and demonstrating direct ancestors would be a very hard task. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, Émile Borel, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, bounded adaptation, Casey Luskin, CELS, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering and Living Systems, 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

1}

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
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, Donald R. Prothero, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, microevolution, mutations, Niles Eldredge, Stephen Jay Gould, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

What Do We Know about the Origin of Rhinos?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Although they are not the handsomest or most graceful creatures in the animal kingdom, the Rhinocerotoidea (superfamily) are a fascinating group for research. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, Émile Borel, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

Peer-Reviewed Paper: “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
March 15, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” 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 ›

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Date
August 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, Brian Miller, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, ID the Future, John West, living systems, macroevolution, microevolution, natural selection, optimization, podcast, programming, random mutations}

Brian Miller: Engineering in Biology, and THE Engineer

_{Science and Culture
August 10, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

If living systems were deliberately engineered, how good an engineer was the one behind those living systems? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Tagged
, Australia, Big Think, carpal tunnel syndrome, Darwin Devolves, devolution, embryonic development, Eric H. Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, evolution in action, fact check, Flinders University, forearm, genes, median artery, medicine, Michael Behe, microevolution}

Fact Check: Humans Aren’t “Evolving a New Artery”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2022

Anatomy, Evolution

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The median artery was not caught in the act of “evolving,” either in the micro- or macro- sense. It has been caught in the act of “persisting.” Read More ›