Tag: Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin–Madison}

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

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May 22, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Read More ›

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Date
November 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, animals, Cyanobacteria, evolution, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, metazoans, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

Case Study Inadvertently Shows Why Universal Common Descent Is Untestable

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November 5, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sooner or later, onlookers will realize that UCD is actually bankrupt. UCD doesn’t pay its bills, because it can’t. Read More ›

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Date
October 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bullies, Chicago, Dan Graur, ENCODE, evolution, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, junk DNA, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press, University of Houston}

Oxford Journal: “The Days of ‘Junk DNA’ Are Over ”

_{Science & Culture
October 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Since project ENCODE provoked outrage among evolutionary biologists over a decade ago, there has been a concerted campaign to defend the notion of junk DNA. Read More ›

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Date
December 15, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Anomalocaris, artifact hypothesis, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, China, conservation, Croatia, Darwinism, Ediacaran Period, Ernst Haeckel, fossil record, Greenland, Live Science, microfossils, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mouse, multicellular organisms, precambrian fossils, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, The Scientist, Uppsala University, zebrafish}

First Animals? Fossils Won’t Fit Cambrian Evolution

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December 15, 2020

Evolution

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Evolutionists are still fighting over the first animals. Each new fossil creates new questions, but there is one constant: bluffing that Darwinism is true. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary biology, genetic data, humans, Journal of Molecular Evolution, mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution, molecular clock, Nature (journal), organisms, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Y chromosome}

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

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September 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›

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Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, chicken, chimpanzees, chromatin, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Venema, ENCODE, genome, gorilla, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Molecular Biology and Evolution, nested hierarchy, phylogeny, pseudogenes, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, theistic evolution, vitellogenin}

Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

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January 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›