Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

primates

Giant_Panda_Eating
Photo credit: Chen Wu from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
June 27, 2024
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Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
4
"If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?" Read More ›
Cupules
Photo: Cupules, by Max Ronnersjö, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 7, 2024
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Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Human Origins and the Beginning of Art

Denyse O’Leary
February 7, 2024
Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen. Read More ›
Chameleon eye
Photo credit: Umberto Salvagnin from Italy, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 20, 2023
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Chameleon Vision — A Unique Marvel of Design

Günter Bechly
September 20, 2023
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
4
A few days ago, my kids and I visited the wonderful tropical aquarium and zoo Haus des Meeres (House of the Sea) in Vienna. Read More ›
chicken embryo
embryonic development
Photo: Chicken embryo, by Ben Skála (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 23, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry

Casey Luskin
March 23, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science
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Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry. Read More ›
Ngarai_Sianok_sumatran_monkey
Photo credit: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 2.1 JP <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.1/jp/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 14, 2023
Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids

Casey Luskin
March 14, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools. Read More ›
Scandentia
Photo: Eudaemonema webbi, after Scott 2010 fig. 3, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
February 3, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Treeshrews (Scandentia) and Colugos (Dermoptera)

Günter Bechly
February 3, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Even as a paleontologist I admit that calling this a real scientific discipline seems like an insult to sciences like physics or chemistry or molecular biology. Read More ›
Proboscidea
Photo: Deinotherium, composite from Wikimedia, Concavenator CC BY-SA 4.0, HeMei CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
January 27, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Science
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Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea

Günter Bechly
January 27, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Science
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Is this what Darwinism would predict? Of course not! Is it instead what intelligent design theory would predict? Indeed it is. Read More ›
Glyptodon
Photo: Gylptodon, by Wolfman SF via Wikimedia, GFDL and CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 16, 2022
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Paleontology
Science
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Fossil Friday: The Giant Armadillo Glyptodon and the Abrupt Origin of Xenarthrans

Günter Bechly
December 16, 2022
Paleontology, Science
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Should we dare to consider the possibility that something is wrong with the Darwinist assumptions? Heaven forbid! Read More ›
Purgatorius
Photo: High resolution CT scans of fossilized teeth and jaw bones of Purgatorius mckeeveri material from UCMP, Gregory Wilson Mantilla / Stephen Chester, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 9, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

Günter Bechly
December 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›
Darwinius
Photo: Darwinius marsillae, Franzen et al. 2009, via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 23, 2022
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Darwinius, or How Wishful Thinking Makes a Missing Link

Günter Bechly
September 23, 2022
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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The media campaign lead to headlines that were not content with calling the fossil a missing link but simply “THE link” or “the eighth wonder of the world.” Read More ›

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