Tag: phenotypes

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancestors, anthropologists, braincase, brains, Christof Koch, evolution, evolutionary biology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, hominids, Homo (genus), human brain, humanity, humans, Katerina Harvati, Mark Hubbe, Michael Marshall, MIT Press, natural selection, Nature Communications, neuroscience, neuroscientists, neutral evolution, New Scientist, phenotypes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Phys.org, random mutations, skulls, universe}

Science Journal: Humanity’s Big Brains Evolved “For No Particular Reason”

_{Casey Luskin
July 8, 2026

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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This is tantamount to saying the human brain, chief marvel in the cosmos as far as we can tell, evolved because, well, why the heck not? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, butterfly, chrysalis, Darwinism, dragonflies, foresight, genes, grasshoppers, Illustra Media, insects, Metamorphosis, Model T, organs, Paul Nelson, phenotypes, Princeton University, proboscis, promissory note}

“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Saying that a mathematical model “supports the notion” of how metamorphosis evolved should not grace the pages of an esteemed scientific journal. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood clotting, California, Darwinism, devolution, Douglas Axe, error correction, evolutionary biologists, fitness landscape, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, metaphors, Michael Behe, mount improbable, mousetrap, Paris, phenotypes, PNAS, Richard Dawkins, savannah}

Trapdoors in the Fitness Landscape: Scientists Revive Worries About an Evolutionary Metaphor

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

What if the structure of the landscape is like a block of Swiss cheese, flat and riddled with holes? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, autism, cancer, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, gene expression, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, motors, mutations, nucleotides, phenotypes, proteins, repetitive elements, schizophrenia, Science (journal), Short Tandem Repeats}

Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

_{Casey Luskin
September 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

4}

Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bilaterians, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Charles Marshall, citrate, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, evolution, gene regulatory networks, Graham Budd, intelligent design, James Valentine, phenotypes, Precambrian, Richard Lenski, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, Uppsala University, Vernanimalcula}

On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

_{David Coppedge
July 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

14}

The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, evolution, function, genes, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, phenotypes, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, apes, atheism, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, creativity, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, human evolution, humans, intelligent design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, Periodic Table, phenotypes, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 27, 2020

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

8}

Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, computer model, Dan-Eric Nilsson, evolution, eyes, Free Science, genes, Jonathan Wells, macroevolution, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), neurobiology, Oxford University Press, phenotypes, PNAS, Richard Dawkins, Theodosius Dobzhansky, UC Santa Barbara, vision}

Can You Say That in Nature? Dobzhansky’s Evolution Cliché Is Becoming Passé

_{Science & Culture
November 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution

6}

“Nothing in biology makes sense except…” Go ahead; complete that sentence yourself, with a yawn. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, adaptation, genotype, mammals, microevolution, natural selection, phenotypes, Research, science}

Smaller Voles: “Evolution in Action” Is Rare, Trivial

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2017

Evolution, Zoology

3}

News from the University of Zurich is notable both for how underwhelming it is and for a "rare" admission. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2016

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __tedited, censorship, evo-devo, Neo-Darwinism, phenotypes, Royal Society}

Tense Atmosphere at Royal Society “New Trends in Evolutionary Biology” Meeting: A Report on Day 1

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2016

Biology, Evolution

7}

No ID advocate will address the audience, though one Discovery Institute Senior Fellow made a surprise appearance from the speaker's stage. Read More ›