Tag: Ola Hössjer

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, apes, BIO-Complexity, Brown University, Christians, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, common ancestry, crocodiles, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Developmental Cell, DNA, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fish, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genetic evidence, GULO, Günter Bechly, human chromosome 2, human genetic diversity, Kenneth Miller, National Center for Science Education, Ola Hössjer, paleontologists, Poland, pseudogenes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, theistic evolution, tiktaalik}

Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Genetics, Paleontology

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Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Read More ›

Two dice bouncing with sparks. Concept for probability and random choice. Casino gambling and gaming.

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Anthony Aguirre, Battle of the Big Bang, beans, Caltech, Christopher Hitchcock, cosmos, Daniel Díaz-Pachón, debates, dice, dimensional analysis, fine-tuning, Frank Wilczek, Fred Adams, general relativity, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, normalizability, Ola Hössjer, parameter space, Phil Halper, physics, Planck scale, posterior probability, prior probability, probability, Robert Marks, Robin Collins, Standard Model, Stephen Meyer, theism}

Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Bruce Gordon
May 19, 2026

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BBC, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, fossil record, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, homoplasy, human origins, intelligent design, Live Science, London, Middle Pleistocene, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Science (journal), skulls}

Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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How many times have we been told that some new paleoanthropological find is “rewriting the story of human evolution”? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

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As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, BioLogos, chimpanzees, computational biology, Dennis Venema, Endogenous retroviruses, evolutionary creation, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, Francis Collins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University London, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, University of Stockholm, Washington University}

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Answers in Genesis, BioLogos, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Evangelical Christians, evolutionary creationism, evolutionary models, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, Institute for Creation Research, integration, intelligent design, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed literature, Reasons to Believe, Religions (journal), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Science and Human Origins, Summer Seminar, theistic evolution, William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationism, Zoom}

On Human Origins, New Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Models for Reconciling Science and Religion

_{Casey Luskin
June 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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In the final section of the paper, I proposed a scoring system to rate the models. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, evo-devo, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Living Waters, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, mutations, Ola Hössjer, Pakicetus, paleontology, peer-reviewed literature, population size, Professor Dave, recombination, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Walking Whales and Why All Critiques of the Waiting Time Problem Fail

_{Günter Bechly
September 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These fossils are often celebrated as missing links and a success story for Darwinism. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Arthur Hunt, bacterial flagella, circular reasoning, Conservation of Information, design detection, Douglas Axe, evolution, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, mind, molecular machines, natural selection, Ola Hössjer, Panda's Thumb, Robert J. Marks II, royal flush, specified complexity, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

_{Brian Miller
July 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 14, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Bible, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Fazale Rana, Fox News, Francis Collins, Genesis, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, Jesus Christ, Jonathan McLatchie, methodological naturalism, myths, Nathan Lents, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Reasons to Believe, S. Joshua Swamidass, Salvo Magazine, Scripture, Terrell Clemmons, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theistic evolution, theology, William Lane Craig}

Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

_{Casey Luskin
January 14, 2022

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 30, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, arthropods, Avalon explosion, binding sites, Cambrian Explosion, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID research program, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutations, nucleotides, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed literature, regulatory regions, Springer, tetrapods, waiting-time problem}

#3 Story of 2021: In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists on “Waiting Time” Problem for Coordinated Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
December 30, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›