Tag: Niles Eldredge | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, abrupt appearance, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, fossil record, Ian Tattersall, National Academy of Sciences, Niles Eldredge, paleontologists, punctuated equilibrium, Science Uprising, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer}

Yes, the Punctuated Equilibrium Model Was Developed to Explain the Lack of Transitional Fossils

_{Casey Luskin
January 5, 2022

Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

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Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Viking mission, William Harvey}

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, David Gelernter, Ethiopia, Galápagos Islands, Germany, Homo (genus), Lucy, Modern evolutionary synthesis, mount improbable, National Geographic, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, stickleback fish, Stuttgart, vertebrate}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 6, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, David Gelernter, Ethiopia, Galápagos Islands, Germany, Homo (genus), Lucy, Modern evolutionary synthesis, mount improbable, National Geographic, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, stickleback fish, Stuttgart, vertebrates}

Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Günter Bechly
September 6, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe. Read More ›

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Date
August 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, Douglas Futuyma, education, evolution, Francis Collins, George Williams, human nature, J.B.S. Haldane, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, methodological naturalism, Neil Shubin, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Jay Gould, teleology, textbooks, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Biology Textbooks and the “God-Talk” Problem

_{Science & Culture
August 20, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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A muddle emerges from textbooks’ unprincipled use of theology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, amniotes, causal circularity, cervix, DNA, evolution, foresight, homology, homoplasy, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontologists, placental mammals, proteins, punctuated equilibria, RNA, Royal Society, Stephen Jay Gould}

An Unintended Endorsement of Marcos Eberlin’s New Book, Foresight

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Some reviews that try to make a book look bad are so ill-informed and malicious that they actually make a good book look better. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, Brownian motion, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinists, defining terms, Dickinsonia, fossil record, magical thinking, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Neil Shubin, Niles Eldredge, Paul Chien, PNAS, punctuated equilibria, punctuated equilibrium, Stephen Jay Gould, University of Vienna, Yale University}

Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical

_{Science & Culture
November 16, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Homo naledi, human origins, Ian Tattersall, Misia Landau, Niles Eldredge, The Guardian, Yale University}

Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected

_{Jonathan Wells
May 18, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.” Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, fossil record, Niles Eldredge, persuasion, Science Literacy, transitional forms, trilobites}

Irony Alert: Michael Shermer on “When Facts Fail”

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 21, 2017

Evolution, Science Education

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An evolutionist warns readers that people don't change their minds even when presented with the facts. Read More ›