Tag: Nature Communications

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, biology, culture, Euripides, evolution, George Washington University, Homer, hominins, human beings, human origins, Kenya, Nature Communications, Pliocene, Science Daily, technology, tools}

“First Multi-Purpose ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Made by Hominins”

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The tools date from about 2.75 through 2.44 million years ago (Pliocene). They underwent little change over the years, despite the changing environment. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Actin, biology, cell division, centrioles, checkpoints, chromatids, chromosomes, conifers, Croatia, DNA, evolution, flowering plants, humans, intelligent design, interphase, kinetochores, metaphase, microtubule, mitosis, myosin, Nature Communications, oocytes, Phys.org, protists}

Centrioles Revealed as Part of a Large Signaling Network

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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What molecular structure forms cartwheels, is architecturally beautiful, and is vital for cell division? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), Amazon, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, DNA, Financial Times, function, genetic difference, genetics, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, nucleotides, objections, reactions, repetitive DNA, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, University of Chicago Press, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

_{Casey Luskin
June 26, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, biologists, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), functional information, gap divergence, genetics, humans, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, non-B DNA, Nucleic Acids Research, repetitive DNA, technical failures, theistic evolutionists, University of Akron, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Dismiss Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps as “Meaningless” Junk

_{Casey Luskin
June 23, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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What’s most ironic here is that these critics aren’t disputing that the evidence really does show that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astrobiologists, ATP, Chad, DNA, ecosystems, Hunga-Tonga volcano, hydrothermal vents, membranes, NASA, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, phosphorus, Sahara Desert, The Miracle of Man, volcanism}

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

_{David Coppedge
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 25, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, Associated Press, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, Charnia, Cornelius Hunter, Current Biology, Devonian Period, Flinders University, Günter Bechly, Joe Moysiuk, Live Science, Nature Communications, New Scientist, Per Ahlberg, radiodont, Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Society Open Science, The Conversation, tiktaalik, University of Melbourne}

Fossils as Magical Darwin Relics

_{David Coppedge
May 25, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Paleontology

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Fossils can be handled in the present, but how they are used by evolutionists in stories of history resembles the practices of overeager medieval churchmen. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, data, environmentalism, equity, geological features, indigenous people, indigenous wisdom, Nature Communications, nature rights, religion}

“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environmental Science Less Scientific

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, History of Science, Physical Sciences

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Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, cicadas, Darwinian theory, evolution, functional coherence, Günter Bechly, insects, intelligent design, Nature Communications, new york, On the Origin of Species, stem, Texas, urine}

Trillions of Cicadas Sing of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
May 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Eastern U.S. states will see a natural phenomenon that hasn’t occurred for many years: the coordinated emergence of two broods of noisy cicadas. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, biologist, Casey Luskin, evolution, eyes, genes, information, intelligent design, metazoans, Nature Communications, proteins, protists, single-celled organisms}

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

_{Brian Miller
May 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 19, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, compound eyes, development, entomology, evolution, eyes, Flight, fruit flies, gene expression, human mind, insects, intelligent design, motor neurons, Nature Communications, Queen Mary University London, senses, wings}

Sophisticated Precision in Fruit Fly Sensory Systems

_{David Coppedge
February 19, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Pause before you swat. The sensory systems of fruit flies that let them discern their surroundings look as if they had been engineered. Read More ›