Tag: Neo-Darwinism

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal kingdom, BBC Wildlife, beak, bill, biofluorescence, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, ENCODE project, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biologists, gene expression, Georges Cuvier, German, human genome, intelligent design, John C. Sanford, lactation, mankind, Neo-Darwinism, New York Times, organs, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, prehensile tail, sensory perception, sex chromosomes, spurs, stomach, tail, Tomoko Ohta, toxins, UV light, venom}

The Evolutionary Mystery of the Platypus

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 1, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The bill of the platypus is “the most remarkable organ for sensory perception found in the animal kingdom.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, biochemical pathways, confidence, Eric Anderson, evolutionary process, explanatory power, generations, genes, homology, ID the Future, laboratory studies, mechanisms, medical engineers, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, organisms, podcast, Rob Stadler, survival, textbooks, two-mutation gap}

Rob Stadler on the “Low Confidence” Science of Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 20, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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Across experiments involving bacteria and yeast, researchers found that while evolution can occasionally fix a single point mutation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 13, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, clergymen, conversation, Creation or Evolution?, evolution, faith and reason, faith and science, faith community, Fr. Michael Chaberek, implications, intelligent design, laymen, Neo-Darwinism, pastors, philosophy, priests, rabbis, reason, Reasonably Rational, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, science, Steve Greene, synthesis, theology}

Watch: Catholics in Conversation on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
March 13, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

Fr. Michael is doing what many a member of a faith community probably wishes his own clergyman could do, given the importance of the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, common descent, common design, environmental shifts, evolutionary lineage, evolutionary sequence, fossil record, geneticists, geological evidence, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, ID the Future, intermediates, Neo-Darwinism, Samotherium major, silos, stasis, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Giraffes and the Fossil Record: Bad News for Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

2}

Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig highlights the discrepancies in the fossil record that cause the traditional Darwinian narrative to unravel. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
January 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham, Aristotle, biology, Chance and Necessity, chemistry, Christianity, Darwinism, evolution, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, Jaques Monod, Kansas, laws of nature, Mariusz Tabaczek, materialism, Modern Synthesis, molecular biology, natural processes, naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, Nobel laureates, paradigm, physics, purpose, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, St. Thomas Aquinas, teleology, telos, theistic evolution, Thomistic Aristotelianism, Thomists}

In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 9, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Casey Luskin, Christmas, common ancestry, discoveries, engineering, evolutionary biology, functionality, genome, genome sequencing, ID the Future, intelligent design, junk DNA, Neo-Darwinism, organs, origin of life, orphan genes, predictions, purpose, Research, teleology, universe}

Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 25, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. Read More ›

Classic American Courtoom, Illustration, dramatic lighting

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 18, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Dover, education, freedom, ID the Future, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, Neo-Darwinism, Traipsing Into Evolution}

Science, Not the Law, Will Settle the Debate Over Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 18, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

3}

I mark the 20th anniversary of the Dover verdict by beginning a two-part conversation with geologist, legal scholar, and Dover trial expert Dr. Casey Luskin. Read More ›

Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, biology, Casey Luskin, complex biological features, cosmic fine-tuning, DNA, Elon Musk, epigenetics, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary models, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, orphan genes, peer-reviewed literature, population genetics, predictions, Research, Salvo Magazine, sugar code, Terrell Clemmons, Third Way of Evolution, Tree of Life}

Luskin: The State of the Intelligent Design Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Terrell Clemmons asked, "Where have you seen the ID movement make strides?" This is some of the material that I wish someone would share with Elon Musk. 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

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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
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, artifacts, artwork, axes, biology, causality, chairs, DNA, E.O. Wilson, emergence, enzymes, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, final causality, Francis Bacon, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Jacques Monod, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonard Susskind, Life Itself, Ludwig Wittgenstein, machines, mechanics, Michael Behe, Neo-Darwinism, purpose, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, rockets, science of purpose, St. Thomas Aquinas, Stephen Hawking, structure-function relationship, telos, Theodosius Dobzhansky, tools, William Dembski, windmills}

What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 17, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›