Tag: Tree of Life | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
November 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, animals, Cyanobacteria, evolution, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, metazoans, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

Case Study Inadvertently Shows Why Universal Common Descent Is Untestable

_{Science & Culture
November 5, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sooner or later, onlookers will realize that UCD is actually bankrupt. UCD doesn’t pay its bills, because it can’t. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, common design, creationists, Darwin Day, Darwinian evolution, DNA, evolutionary biologists, genes, hierarchy, Paul Nelson, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life, YouTube videos}

Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

_{Casey Luskin
September 3, 2021

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
September 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, cars, classes, convergence, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, English, evolution, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, Harvard University, intelligent design, phyla, Polish, science fiction, software, Spanish, Tree of Life, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert}

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Short Answer

_{Granville Sewell
September 3, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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You don't have time to give a 30-minute answer outlining the different meanings of the word "evolution" and the evidence pro and con for each. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Brian Josephson, British Rationalist Association, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, Galápagos Islands, Neil Thomas, social media, Taking Leave of Darwin, Tree of Life}

You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed

_{John G. West
June 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, biogeography, cells, discontinuity, Douglas Theobald, embryology, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, intelligent design, paleontology, phyla, protein folds, rafting, Theistic Evolution (book), transitional forms, Tree of Life, universal common ancestry, viruses}

Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics

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For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. 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

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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
Günter Bechly

Date
March 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, circular reasoning, Darwin's House of Cards, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran fossils, Ediacaran organisms, evolutionary biology, Facebook, Gregory Retallack, Ikaria, Mary Droser, muscles, nervous system, paleontology, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Tom Bethell, Tree of Life, Tribrachidium, University of Oregon}

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

_{Günter Bechly
March 29, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, apes, atheism, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, creativity, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, human evolution, humans, intelligent design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, Periodic Table, phenotypes, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 27, 2020

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Bible, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, COVID-19, Earth Day, Easter, Evolution News, Fox Broadcasting Company, Genesis, jesus, Johannes Kepler, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, National Geographic Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, teleology, Tree of Life, Unbelievable}

Echoing the Bible, Cosmos Concludes with a Materialist Origins Myth and Future Heavenly Bliss

_{Mike Keas
April 27, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Tyson ends his summary of cosmic history with a soaring narrative focused on earth. It sounds like the exalted prose of the book of Genesis. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, Brian Miller, evolution, evolutionists, failed predictions, forest, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, naturalism, Paul Nelson, podcast, scientific theories, Teilhard de Chardin, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

A Forest, Not a Tree? Nelson Asks Why Universal Common Descent Needn’t “Pay” for Failures

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2020

Evolution

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Maybe life is not a tree but, as biologists are finding to be increasingly likely, a forest or an orchard. But then what are the consequences for strict naturalism? Read More ›