Tag: speciation

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin–Madison}

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, bonobos, Cell Genomics, cells, chimps, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, functional advantage, fusion site, genes, genome, gorillas, human chromosomal fusion, human chromosome 2, human tissues, humans, incomplete lineage sorting, neural development, phylogenetic conflicts, phylogenetic incongruity, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, speciation, transcription}

Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
January 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anole lizards, Charles Darwin, complex systems, complexity, Democrats, empiricism, evidence for evolution, evolution, foresight, gene flow, Georgia Tech, hemoglobin, lactose, mice, Michael Behe, multicellularity, natural selection, Republicans, Rosemary Grant, speciation, The Atlantic, Tibet, University of Konstanz}

“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

_{Daniel Witt
January 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alister McGrath, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, John Ray, materialism, Meister Eckhart, Moses, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, speciation, Stephen Jay Gould, The God Delusion, theology, William Paley}

Some Unintended Consequences of Atheist (and Theist) Discourse

_{Neil Thomas
August 8, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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This “law of unintended consequences” is an intriguing aspect of the whole Darwin/Dawkins affair that deserves further investigation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Canada, Darwinian gradualism, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Montana, natural selection, speciation, Tyrannosaurus rex}

Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

_{Günter Bechly
August 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", cattle, Charles Darwin, crustaceans, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, fish, Herbert Spencer, horses, intelligent design, James Tour, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jonathan Wells, mollusks, natural selection, organisms, oxygen, oxymoron, puppies, purpose, science of purpose, selection, sheep, speciation, Stephen Meyer, variations, water}

A New Look at Natural Selection

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 18, 2023

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

_{Günter Bechly
December 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Darwinism, ecosystem, Industrial Revolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, North America, organisms, purpose, purposelessness, science of purpose, spawning, speciation, struggle, teleology}

A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You cannot see what you are not looking for. You cannot find Br'er Rabbit until you look into the briar patch. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, Charles Darwin, chihuahua, Douglas Futuyma, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Japan, Lynn Margulis, microevolution, speciation, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

_{Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Technology

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No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›