Tag: sea urchins

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstraction, animals, archaeologists, capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees, crows, debris, dolphins, hands, Harvard University, life forms, Michael Haslam, monkeys, octopuses, Oxford University, sea urchins, tools}

War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, acorn worms, anus, Biological Reviews, chordates, Deuterostomia, echinoderms, embryology, evolution, gills, Harvard University, hemichordates, mouth, phylogeny, sea urchins, Smithsonian Institution, spines, University of Oklahoma, worms}

A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Paul Nelson
February 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, brains, bryozoans, corals, crystals, Design Inference, diatoms, erosion, intelligent design, Live Science, minds, natural law, Quartz, sea urchins, shells, sponge, sponges, TED talk, William Blake, wind}

Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

_{David Coppedge
April 18, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›

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Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, biomineralization, Charles Darwin, evolution, Germany, intelligent design, Japan, mother-of-pearl, nacre, Natural History Museum, oysters, pearls, PNAS, Scientific Reports, sea urchins, spicules}

By Design — How Pearls Get Their Luster

_{Science and Culture
August 6, 2021

Intelligent Design

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The highly valued optical properties of pearls come from sophisticated processes of biomineralization involving proteins and crystals. Read More ›

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Date
August 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, acorn worms, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, electrical current, evolution, Hong Kong, invertebrates, lancelets, mitochondrion, nervous system, neurons, Nobel Prize, phylum, Placozoa, plasticity, PLOS Biology, PNAS, sea urchins, starfish, synaptic transmission, tunicates, vertebrates}

Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover?

_{Science and Culture
August 15, 2018

Evolution

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Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, beauty, Cicero, David Hume, Denis Dutton, evolution, Gerard Manley Hopkins, horse, Johann Sebastian Bach, monet, music, natural selection, neuroscience, New York Times, Paul Davies, Peter S. Williams, Pleistocene, sea urchins, sexual dimorphism, symmetry}

Beauty Leads Us Home

_{Ann Gauger
June 6, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me? Read More ›