Tag: peppered moths

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, biology textbooks, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, friendship, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, peppered moths, podcast, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, wisdom}

A Celebrated Life: Colleagues Remember Dr. Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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First to speak is Dr. John West, Managing Director of the CSC. Dr. West explains how Wells managed to be both brilliant AND understandable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, remembrances, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Oparin, bacteria, butterflies, fitness, genetic mutations, Heliconius, Icons of Evolution, inheritance, Jonathan Wells, Lepidopterans, mainstream media, materialism, MicroRNAs, moths, peppered moths, RNAs, Science (journal), selection, Stanley L. Miller, Zombie Science (book)}

Darwin’s Zombies Are Still Shambling Along

_{David Coppedge
January 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When will scientists and reporters learn not to trot out these falsified stories? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Center for Science and Culture, Communism, Darwin's Finches, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Leavenworth, Lucy Wells, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, peppered moths, Phillip E. Johnson, remembrance, San Francisco, Science Uprising, science writers, scientists, textbooks, The Myth of Junk DNA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Vietnam War, Yale University, Zombie Science (book)}

Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, bounded adaptation, Casey Luskin, CELS, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering and Living Systems, Darwinian mechanism, Eric Anderson, evolution, finch beaks, ID the Future, intelligent design, macroevolution, microevolution, natural selection, peppered moths, podcast, unguided evolution}

Is Adaptation Actually a Fight to Stay the Same?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 26, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin pointed to small changes like finch beak size and peppered moth color as visible evidence of an unguided evolutionary process at work. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, cell biology, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, developmental biology, DiscoveryU, evolution, fossils, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, materialism, molecular biology, natural selection, online course, peppered moths, podcast, textbooks, whales}

Jonathan Wells Evaluates Darwinian Evolution in New Online Course

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 13, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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How strong is the evidence for Darwinian evolution? What are the limits of the Darwinian mechanism? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution, sampling, second coming, tree trunks}

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Artificial Selection, Bernard Kettlewell, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Hugo de Vries, industrial melanism, macroevolution, microevolution, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Peppered Moths and More: Intelligent Design Takes Ownership of Evolution Icons

_{Science and Culture
September 12, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Darwinians never had a rightful claim to them in the first place. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, color, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, Genome Research, hybridization, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, interbreeding, Jonathan Wells, Michael Majerus, Montana, mutations, Nevada, peppered moths, Peter Grant, radiation, Rosemary Grant, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, Washington State, Zombie Science (book)}

Peppered Hares — An Emerging Evolutionary Icon

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

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Some hares turn white in winter where it’s snowy, but remain brown in winter where it’s mild. What does that have to do with Darwinian evolution? Read More ›