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
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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

South Africa

Homo naledi
Photo: A femur, by John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M. Garvin, Scott A. Williams, Lucas K. Delezene, Elen M. Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L. Kivell, Myra F. Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marc R. Meyer, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S. Walker, Timothy L. Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Lee R. Berger, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 15, 2023
Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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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 ›
Qafzeh
Photo: A skull from the Qafzeh Cave, by Wapondaponda, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 2, 2023
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Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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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 ›
University of Kenya
Photo: Casey Luskin and Brian Miller at the University of Kenya, courtesy of Casey Luskin.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 19, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Science Education
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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 ›
Brian Miller in Africa
All photos courtesy of Casey Luskin.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
October 11, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Discovery Institute Speakers Get a Hearty Reception in Africa

Casey Luskin
October 11, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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At the University of Eldoret, in Kenya, we were greeted with — no joke — a band and a red carpet. Read More ›
Mammoth
Image credit: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Rob Sheldon
Date
April 5, 2023
Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Paleontology
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Pleistocene Park: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Rob Sheldon
April 5, 2023
Ecology, Evolution, Paleontology
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The idea is to recreate some of the DNA from the sequencing of frozen mammoths, and inject it into an Asian elephant egg. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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Casey Luskin
Date
March 15, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Peer-Reviewed Paper: “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

Casey Luskin
March 15, 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 ›
giraffe
Photo credit: Ryan Louderback via Unsplash.
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Jonathan Witt
Date
March 13, 2023
Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck

Jonathan Witt
March 13, 2023
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›
Australopithecus-africanus
Photo: Skull of "Mrs. Ples," by José Braga; Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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March 3, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Casey Luskin Debunks a Museum’s Evolutionary Propaganda

Science & Culture
March 3, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Luskin and host Eric Anderson call evolutionary theory to task for being overly supple, offering just-so stories to explain a behavior AND its opposite. Read More ›
Homo_naledi_foot 2
Photo: Foot of Homo naledi, by Lee Roger Berger research team [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
February 15, 2023
Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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New Book from South Africa Explores Evidence of Intelligent Design

Science & Culture
February 15, 2023
Evolutionary Psychology, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin earned his PhD in South Africa and had many opportunities to study various hominid fossils. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: Miroslaw Miras, via Pixabay.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
February 13, 2023
Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Psychology
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New Open-Access Book from South Africa Explores Intelligent Design and Science-Faith Issues

Casey Luskin
February 13, 2023
Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Psychology
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We’ll feature excerpts here in the future, but for now I’d like to highlight some special features of chapters in the book. Read More ›

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