Tag: phylogeny

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Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, backstory, biological history, biology, common descent, evidence, history of life, incomprehension, Matthew Haber, Maureen Kearney, non-fiction, phylogenetic hypotheses, phylogeny, prose, timescales, Tree of Life, University of Utah}

Common Descent on the Road to Incomprehension

_{Science & Culture
August 13, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

2}

In 2025, Haber proposed that there JUST IS NO “true history of life.” Don’t look for it, as if one could actually find it, because it doesn’t exist. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, Chordata, chordates, common ancestor, evolution, genomes, hominid, Homo sapiens, inference, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, mammals, Metazoa, Network of Life, ontology, organisms, Pan troglodytes, paragraphs, phylogenetic inference, phylogenetics, phylogeny, species, statistical noise, Systematic Biology, systematics, traits, Tree of Life}

Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses: A Question for You

_{Science & Culture
August 12, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

2}

You can read this proposition a dozen times over and still be unable to say what it disallows in phylogenetic inference. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancestors, brain, Carl Sagan, complexity, crows, evolution, fish, flatscreen television, humans, Jack Reacher, limbic system, lizard brain, lizards, mammals, McGill University, neurobiologists, neuroscience, octopuses, Office for Science and Society, onions, ontogeny, pancakes, parrots, Paul D. MacLean, phylogeny, radio, reptile, reptiles, scientific hypotheses}

McGill University Refutes Pop-Psychology Claim that Humans Have a “Lizard Brain”

_{Casey Luskin
July 7, 2026

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The false belief traces back to the fact that Carl Sagan was one of its strongest proponents. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, bonobos, Cell Genomics, cells, chimps, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, functional advantage, fusion site, genes, genome, gorillas, human chromosomal fusion, human chromosome 2, human tissues, humans, incomplete lineage sorting, neural development, phylogenetic conflicts, phylogenetic incongruity, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, speciation, transcription}

Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

8}

Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Read More ›

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cars, classes, color, CRISPR, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Nature Microbiology, phylogenetic trees, phylogeny, proteins, shape, t-shirts, thread, viruses}

CRISPR’s Long Tail of Wonder: Too Many Solutions, Too Little Time

_{Emily Reeves
December 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

The implication: such a significant amount of diversity raises a challenge for unguided evolutionary mechanisms. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, armadillos, arthropods, beauty, beehive, biodiversity, biology, Biomimetics, butterfly wings, compound eyes, Darwinism, design, engineering, evolution, False Messiah, function, Gothic cathedrals, honeycomb, intelligent design, multifunctionality, Neil Thomas, phylogeny, reptiles, scales, sunflowers}

Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws? Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, common ancestry, common design, evolution, evolutionary theory, genetic code, genomes, green algae, intelligent design, mitochondria, mutations, phylogeny, Winston Ewert}

New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2024

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, butterflies, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ghost lineages, lineages, molecular clocks, phylogeny, Stuttgart Natural History Museum}

Fossil Friday: Zygaenid Moths — Molecular Clock vs Fossil Record

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2024

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

4}

The ubiquitous mismatch between molecular clocks and the fossil record clearly represents data to be explained. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, common descent, Darwinian evolution, entomology, Evolution News, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, insects, morphology, Neo-Darwinism, Paleocene, paleoentomology, paleontology, phylogeny, stem group, stratigraphy, systematics, Tree of Life}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Insectivore Mammals

_{Günter Bechly
January 26, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

179}

We can conclude that Eulipotyphla appeared abruptly in the Paleocene about 66-61.7 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Brian Miller, common ancestry, evolution, evolutionary genomics, genus, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology & Evolution, phylogenomics, phylogeny, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, Science and Faith in Dialogue, species, The Greatest Show on Earth, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley}

No. 2 Story of 2023: Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

_{Casey Luskin
December 31, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

18}

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›