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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, cellular functions, chromosomes, common ancestry, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, ERVs, evolution, Evolution News, gene regulatory networks, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature Genetics, Nature Reviews Genetics, neo-Darwinian theory, Philip Skell, primates, Research, synteny, The Scientist, transposable elements}

Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”

_{Casey Luskin
September 9, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, blood-clotting cascade, Cambridge University Press, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, E. coli, Ernst Mayr, evolution, exaptation, Finding Darwin's God, gene duplication, hemoglobin, Hox genes, Kenneth Miller, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mammals, mutations, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, olfaction, PLoS Genetics, primates, Response to Criticism, ribose, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Train Wreck of a Review: A Response to Lenski et al. in Science

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019

Evolution

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Richard Lenski has spent decades overseeing the most extensive, most acclaimed laboratory evolution experiment conducted to date. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __cedited, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, common ancestor, DNA, dolphins, education, fruit flies, humans, mice, mutations, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian theory, orphan genes, phylogeny, primates, Tree of Life, University of Utah, video, water fleas, whales, yeast}

Evolution Miseducation at the University of Utah

_{Jonathan Wells
January 4, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

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If you want your sons and daughters to be well educated about evolution, then hope their biology teachers don’t rely on materials from the Genetic Science Learning Center. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 18, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, Australia, bacteria, chess, cosmic fine-tuning, David Barash, electrons, evolutionary biology, Goldilocks, gratitude, human brain, intelligent design, mice, neutrons, New York Times, poetry, primates, soul, universe, University of Washington, viruses, wisdom}

Was Universe Designed for Hairy-Nosed Wombats?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 18, 2018

Physical Sciences

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David Barash is an evolutionary biologist known for delivering a yearly talk to his students disabusing them of the idea that science can be reconciled with religious faith. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Africa, Ajit Varki, Ann Gauger, cheetahs, Darwinism, Death Valley, DNA, Elizabeth Pennisi, evolution, gene, humans, ID the Future, mice, Michael Behe, primates, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Science Magazine, The Edge of Evolution, UC San Diego}

Origin of Long-Distance Running — More Evolution by Breaking Things

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2018

Evolution

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A central problem for theories of unguided evolution has always been the challenge of building complex biological novelties. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, Auschwitz, Australopithecus, cells, chimpanzees, David Barash, DNA, Frankenstein, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, humans, hybridization, Mary Shelley, National Institutes of Health, Nautilus, Nazi, primates, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, The Guardian, University of Washington, Wesley Smith}

David Barash’s Proposal — Something Wicked This Way Comes

_{Ann Gauger
March 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Psychology

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With a proposal for human/chimp hybrids, evolutionist David Barash vents his rage against religion. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, cells, cloning, Dolly the sheep, embryo, human cloning, monkey, primates, Research, scientists, somatic cell nuclear transfer, United States, Wall Street Journal}

With Monkey Success, Cloned Human Baby Is Closer

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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The successful births came from DNA taken from fetal, not adult, cells. That is the usual course in this research. Read More ›

Retrovirus Replication A retrovirus in the process

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 26, 2011

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, common ancestry, DNA sequence, Endogenous retroviruses, horizontal gene transfer, primates}

Do Shared ERVs Support Common Ancestry?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 26, 2011

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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In my previous article, I discussed the background of one of the most commonly made arguments for primate common ancestry. In this article, I want to examine the first of the three layers of evidence offered by a popular-level article written about this subject. Read More ›

A close up of a virus in a greenish blue color

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 25, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, __k-review, convergent evolution, DNA repair, Endogenous retroviruses, primates}

Revisiting an Old Chestnut: Retroviruses and Common Descent (Updated)

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 25, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences

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One common argument for common descent which one hears very frequently in the evolutionary literature concerns the placement of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in orthologous loci in primate genomes. Read More ›