Tag: South Africa

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal embryos, Cambrian fossils, coelacanth, common ancestor, common ancestry, common characters, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwin's Finches, embryonic stage, environmental pressures, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionary predictions, Galápagos finches, geological time, ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, hummingbirds, Linnaeus, living fossils, Max Telford, molecular clock, morphology, Nautilus, nightjars, penguins, South Africa, stasis, swallows, swifts, The Tree of Life, The Tree of Life (book), Tree of Life, tuatara, University College London, Wollemi pine}

In Stories from Max Telford’s New Book, Failed Predictions of Common Descent

_{Emily Reeves
March 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Well-documented examples of organisms show remarkable stasis over hundreds of millions of years. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Historical Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, California, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Death Valley, debates, Ediacaran biota, fossils, Günter Bechly, GUT, metazoans, muscles, Nama Group, Namibia, nervous system, organs, peacock, Simon Conway Morris, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, taphonomy}

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2025

Historical Sciences, Paleontology

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Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bureaucracy, censorship, China, Christians, civil rights, COVID-19, dissent, Donald Trump, epidemiologists, Evangelical Christians, Facebook, Great Barrington Declaration, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, National Institutes of Health, New York City, public health, social media, South Africa, Stanford University, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Road to Wisdom, United States}

Frightening Recommendations from Francis Collins

_{John G. West
December 5, 2024

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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The former NIH head thinks the government didn't exert enough control during the last pandemic. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, common ancestor, evolution, intelligent design, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, systems engineering, Travel, United States}

Promoting Design Arguments in Mexico and Beyond

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I welcome back Dr. Brian Miller, this time to discuss his recent participation at a conference on science and faith in Guadalajara. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, geophysics, helium, hydrogen, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, materialists, nitrogen, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, Wikipedia}

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2024

Astronomy, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, China, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), hemoglobin, homoplasy, Illinois, intelligent design, lancelets, missing links, science, South Africa, stem group}

Fossil Friday: Hagfish and Lampreys Overturn Scenarios of Vertebrate Phylogeny and Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
March 15, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Their fossil record as well as their incongruent pattern of anatomical similarities is better explained by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, burial, chronology, erosion, fossils, geochemistry, hominins, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, hype, IFL Science, intelligence, Journal of Human Evolution, Lee Berger, media, Netflix, paleoanthropologists, Rising Star Cave, South Africa, spectroscopy, taphonomy, tools}

Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

_{Casey Luskin
November 15, 2023

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, animals, anthropology, birds, death, Dogs, Eurasia, Homo naledi, humans, Israel, Live Science, Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleontologists, skeletons, South Africa, University of Arizona}

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2023

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, administrators, Africa, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, faculty, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenya, Michael Behe, Phillip E. Johnson, photos, podcast, South Africa, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Travel, United States}

Luskin and Miller on the State of ID in Africa

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The response was inspiring. At the University of Eldoret in Kenya, Luskin and Miller were greeted with no less than a band and a red carpet! Read More ›