Tag: taxonomy

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acid, Barbie, beauty, Carl Linnaeus, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, classification, coelacanth, CRISPR, Dogs, evolutionary biology, genealogical ancestry, genes, genetics, goldfish, kangaroos, koalas, marsupial, Matchbox cars, Max Telford, nucleotides, phylogenetics, quolls, Tasmanian wolf, taxonomy, The Tree of Life (book), thylacine, Tim Ingold, Tindell Hopwood, trading cards, University College London}

On Tree of Life, Max Telford Misses the Design Possibility

_{Emily Reeves
March 9, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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I’ll be reviewing the book topically, beginning with the beauty and importance of classification and ending with the implications of belief in the tree of life. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cilia, cockroach, Current Biology, eukaryotes, legs, microtubules, motility, nervous system, protists, taxonomy, YouTube videos}

Walking Cells and Other Surprises Among Protists — An Evolutionary Challenge

_{David Coppedge
March 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

That many show no clear phylogenetic connection with other microbes, and may contain unique morphological structures, poses a severe challenge to Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, cannibalism, Darwin critics, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, New York Times, predictions, taxonomy}

Fossil Friday: Another Prediction Vindicated

_{Günter Bechly
July 28, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

The virtual ink for my article had hardly dried when a story about a new discovery hit the news. Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Brian Greene, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, history, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Keas, Michael Ruse, molecular machines, particle physics, Peter Robinson, philosophy of biology, population genetics, punctuated equilibrium, Reductionism, René Thom, science, Science After Babel, Standard Model, Stephen Jay Gould, taxonomy, Tower of Babel, William Dembksi}

New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”

_{Science & Culture
June 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

5}

"Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Austria, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Gabon, Metazoa, multicellular organisms, paleontology, rocks, taxonomy, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: How an Austrian Scientist Concocted a New Domain of Life called Gabonionta

_{Günter Bechly
June 2, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

6}

Is there any other evidence that this sensational discovery was nothing but hype? Sure there is. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Caltech, Cnidaria, Douglas Axe, foresight, functional whole, jellyfish, krill, Living Waters, Monterey Bay, physiology, PNAS, Smithsonian Magazine, swimming, taxonomy}

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

_{David Coppedge
December 21, 2022

Anatomy, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 13, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common ancestry, constraints, design logic, evolution, fossil record, four-bar linkage, intelligent design, jaws, macroevolution, taxonomy, undirected evolution}

Studies on Labrid Fish Confirm Operational Gravity Well Model for Adaptation

_{Brian Miller
October 13, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The extent to which the authors recognize the implications of their conclusions is difficult to say. Read More ›

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Date
June 1, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, Big Data, Carl Woese, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Current Biology, Darwinian theory, genomics, hybridization, intelligent design, introgression, jumping genes, lateral gene transfer, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, taxonomy, Texas, transposons, Tree of Life}

Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
June 1, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 1, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, cats, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, Dogs, hammer, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, mousetrap, Science Uprising, taxonomy, The Edge of Evolution}

Irreducible Complexity Defeated? Behe on Ken Miller’s Mousetrap Tie-Clip

_{David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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At a conference, says Miller, “I removed two parts from a mousetrap (leaving just the base, spring, and hammer), and used that 3-part device as a functional tie-clip.” Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, ancestors, anomalies, bats, BIO-Complexity, computer programming, convergent evolution, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, dependency graph, echolocation, horizontal gene transfer, inheritance, Michael Behe, organic molecules, rabbits, software, taxonomy, vertebrates, whales, Winston Ewert}

Ewert’s Dependency Graph Proposal: A Forest of Compositions

_{Science & Culture
December 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To help further explain this concept, I would like to introduce readers to my pet bunny, Daisy. Read More ›