Tag: vertebrates

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 19, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animism, Annaka Harris, cabbage, Cambridge University, chauvinism, consciousness, dandelions, Hard Problem, human consciousness, information, lunacy, materialism, Natalie Lawrence, neurons, Paco Calvo, panpsychism, philosophy, Planta Sapiens, plants, ResearchGate, Sam Harris, slime molds, vertebrates}

The Latest: Plants as “Non-Human Persons”

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 19, 2026

Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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The need to see humans as equivalent to animals has now spread to the need to see us as equivalent to plants. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, blueprint, cosmic design, cosmos, creation, disclosure, DNA, environment, evolution, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, fire, fitness, Homo sapiens, humanoids, humans, intelligent design, jellyfish, life-forms, media, metallurgy, Michael Denton, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times, physiology, planets, predictions, privilege, reality, scientific atheists, technology, termites, The Miracle of Man, UFOs, universe, vertebrates}

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Planetology

4}

According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, causation, character string, context, design intuitions, design perspective, English, food, function, genetics, Genetics (journal), genotype, Gregor Mendel, guitar, house, language, Mendelian genetics, natural language, noun, phenotype, pleiotropy, poker, Reductionism, Richard Sternberg, sensory organs, skull, verb, vertebrates, vocalization}

“Beyond Mendel”: Leading Investigators Appeal for a New Genetics

_{Paul Nelson
April 20, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

3}

Top-down causation makes a lot more sense from a design perspective than from any reductionist, lower-levels-first approach. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, assumptions, Bill Nye, common ancestor, common ancestry, confidence, designers, evidence, evolution, fossil record, hedging, homology, intelligent design, lifeforms, phylogenetic trees, prospective study, repeatability, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, vertebrate skeleton, vertebrates, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series)}

When Can I Trust Scientists About Evolution?

_{Rob Stadler
February 3, 2026

Biology, Evolution

4}

The most commonly cited areas of evidence in favor of common ancestry include the fossil record and homology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amphibians, bacteria, birds, complexity, cryptochromes, electrons, fish, insects, intelligent design, magnetic compass, magnetic field, magnetite, magnetoreception, mammals, Monarch butterflies, navigation, reptiles, Science (journal), vertebrates, zoology}

Three Animal Magnetic Compass Mechanisms, All by Design

_{Eric Cassell
December 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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It appears likely that different animals are designed to detect the geomagnetic field using different mechanisms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, abstractions, animal intelligence, birds, brains, common sense, crows, evolution, evolutionary biology, Germany, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, mammals, ornithology, paleornithologists, problems, ravens, Science (journal), vertebrates, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

High Bird Intelligence Is Consistent with Design, Not Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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A discussion of animal intelligence that refuses to acknowledge human exceptionalism becomes a script for suppressing discussions we need to have. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, birds, dinosaurs, evidence for evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Jurassic Park, Late Cretaceous, paleontology, paleornithologists, penguins, phylogenetics, Temporal Paradox, theropod dinosaurs, University of North Carolina, vertebrates}

No. 5 Story of 2024: New Evidence Against Dino-Bird Ancestry

_{Günter Bechly
December 28, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

4}

Few hypotheses in evolutionary biology have become as popular among lay people as the postulated ancestry of birds from bipedal dinosaurs. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Energy, insects, intelligent design, spiders, vertebrates}

Intelligent Design — In Miniature

_{Eric Hedin
September 10, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

Small vertebrates may be a thousand times larger than single-cell organisms, but they occupy a region of parameter space that presents unique properties. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, birds, body plans, common ancestry, computers, David Coppedge, Emily Reeves, evolution, genes, homologies, intelligent design, mammals, programming, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs, vertebrates}

Developmental Biology of Vertebrate Skeletons Shows Similarities are Better Explained by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Evolutionists assume that the traits they classify as homologous share similarities due to their having evolved from a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
May 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amphibians, animal behavior, animals, ants, bats, brains, crustaceans, fish, fruit flies, great apes, honeybees, invertebrates, mollusks, Nature (journal), Occam's Razor, pain, philosophers, play, reptiles, scientists, Thomas Nagel, vertebrates, worms}

Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

_{Eric Cassell
May 2, 2024

Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness. Read More ›