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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 15, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
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, __nedited, abstract reasoning, analogy, anatomy, Animal Minds (series), anthropomorphism, concepts, Continuing Series, convergence, equality, evolutionary ethics, learning, metabolism, mind, natural selection, philosophy of mind, presuppositions, self-awareness, social status, Thomas Nagel, Tree of Life}

Animal Minds: In Search of the Minimal Self

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January 15, 2016

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Can evolution explain how minds work? Probably not. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 24, 2015

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Research, science, Tree of Life, Views}

#9 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Octopus Genome Is a Big Problem for Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
December 24, 2015

Evolution

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New genomes of different types of organisms are being sequenced and published on a regular basis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 24, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science, Tree of Life, Views}

The Octopus Genome: Not “Alien” but Still a Big Problem for Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
August 24, 2015

Evolution

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These days, new genomes of different types of organisms are being sequenced and published on a regular basis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, science, Tree of Life, Views}

Do All Life Forms Fall into a Nested Hierarchy?

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A biology graduate student and alumnus of our Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design contacted me to ask a good question. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 25, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science, Tree of Life, Views}

A Big Problem for Common Descent: Hundreds of "Active ‘Foreign’ Genes" Don’t Fit the Standard Evolutionary Phylogeny

_{Casey Luskin
March 25, 2015

Evolution

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The transfer of genes between organisms living in the same environment is known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 2, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, More than Myth, science, Top 10, Tree of Life, Views}

Problem 6: Molecular Biology Has Failed to Yield a Grand “Tree of Life”

_{Casey Luskin
February 2, 2015

Evolution

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When fossils failed to demonstrate that animals evolved from a common ancestor, evolutionary scientists turned to another type of evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 30, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, science, Tree of Life, Views}

Faced with Uncooperative Data, Evolutionary Icthyologists Reverse the Predictions of Common Descent (UPDATED)

_{Casey Luskin
December 30, 2014

Evolution

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Neil Shubin and his team are at it again, suggesting that Tiktaalik was a fish with a "wrist." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, birds, Research, science, Tree of Life}

Massive Genetic Study Confirms Birds Arose in “Big Bang”-Type of “Explosion”

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It's long been known that the Cambrian explosion isn't the only explosion of organisms in the fossil record. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 17, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, cosmos, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Tree of Life, video, Views}

Cosmos Episode 2: “Mindless Evolution” Has All the Answers — If You Don’t Think About It Too Deeply

_{Casey Luskin
March 17, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Even when you try to disregard the evidence for design in nature, it nevertheless speaks for itself. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 12, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, cosmos, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Research, science, Tree of Life}

Science Review Article: “Nothing in Evolution Makes Sense Except in the Light of Biology”

_{Casey Luskin
March 12, 2014

Evolution

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A major journal observes that key assumptions of the neo-Darwinian synthesis are being overturned. Read More ›