Do All Life Forms Fall into a Nested Hierarchy?

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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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Casey Luskin

Date
March 25, 2015

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Evolution
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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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Casey Luskin

Date
February 2, 2015

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Evolution
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, __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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Casey Luskin

Date
December 30, 2014

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Evolution
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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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Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2014

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __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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Casey Luskin

Date
March 17, 2014

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __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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Casey Luskin

Date
March 12, 2014

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Evolution
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, __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 ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
February 7, 2014

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Evolution
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, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Research, science, Tree of Life}

The “Ghost of Teleology”: Molecular Data Wreak Havoc on the Tree of Life

_{Casey Luskin
February 7, 2014

Evolution

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Convoluted phylogenetic trees, seemingly required by the genetic data, suggest that highly complex biological structures have been gained and lost many times in evolutionary history. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 24, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
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, __k-review, science, Texas, textbooks, Tree of Life}

The (Texas) Tree of Life: “Every Scientific Test To-Date” Supports “Darwin’s Basic Ideas”

_{Casey Luskin
January 24, 2014

Evolution, Science Education

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Enter biologist Ken Miller, who in 2013 submitted for adoption in Texas his textbook Biology, which promotes the opposite of critical thinking on evolution. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
January 6, 2014

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Evolution
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Shark Proteins Contradict the Standard Phylogeny of Vertebrates

_{Casey Luskin
January 6, 2014

Evolution

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In the thinking of evolutionary biologists, can common descent, even in principle, be falsified? Read More ›