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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

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January 20, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, Chromosomal Fusion, common ancestry, creationism, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic drift, hominids, Homo, human origins, intelligent design, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Niles Eldredge, pseudogenes, punctuated equilibrium, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Jay Gould}

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards

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January 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, apes, BioEssays, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Christianity, common ancestry, CRISPR, Dennis Venema, Evangelicals, evolution, evolutionary theory, functionality, gorillas, hominids, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, macaques, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Springer, theology, William Lane Craig}

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

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November 23, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

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November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Ann Gauger, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestry, Dennis Venema, DNA, evolution, gene regulatory networks, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Ola Hössjer, pseudogenes, Richard Buggs, Science (journal), Theistic Evolution (book)}

Human-Chimp Similarity: What Is It and What Does It Mean?

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October 20, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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For years we’ve been told that human and chimp DNA is some 99 percent identical. Is that true? Read More ›

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Date
October 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Casey Luskin, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, Karl Giberson, macroevolution, non-coding DNA, pseudogenes, The Language of Science and Faith}

Francis Collins’s Pseudogenes: An Icon of Evolution Now in Crisis

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October 9, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin discusses how theistic Darwinists Francis Collins and Karl Giberson rely on the argument that pseudogenes are junk. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Annual Review of Genetics, DNA, evolution, hierarchy, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature Reviews Genetics, neo-Darwinian theory, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, RNA, universal common ancestry}

Pseudogenes Aren’t Nonfunctional Relics that Refute Intelligent Design

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September 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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These claims represent a classic but false “junk DNA” argument against intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, common design, creationists, Darwin Day, Darwinian evolution, DNA, evolutionary biologists, genes, hierarchy, Paul Nelson, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life, YouTube videos}

Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

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September 3, 2021

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, gorillas, ID the Future, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, neo-Darwinian evolution, podcast, pseudogenes, species}

Another “Junk DNA” Icon Bites the Dust

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March 7, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin examines a paper which argues that the famous beta-globin pseudogene is functional. Why is this pseudogene famous? Read More ›

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Date
May 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, cells, Darwinians, Darwinism, evolutionists, fitness, mutations, organisms, PNAS, protein evolution, proteins, pseudogenes, selection}

Collateral Damage: Mutations Decrease Fitness in More Ways than One

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May 20, 2020

Evolution

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If mutations are the raw material for evolution, they are like explosives with unpredictable effects. Read More ›