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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, convergent evolution, dinosaurs, dolphins, Hawaii, humpback whale, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, natural selection, Nature Communications, NOAA, Paul Nelson, phylogeny, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Science (journal), Taiwan, testes, veins, whale evolution, whales}

Whales Give More “Design of Life” Evidence, Defying Explanations Based on Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
May 16, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biologist Richard Sternberg explains how the whale-evolution sequence is more “artistic license” than demonstrable fact. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airplanes, bats, cars, cell phones, characters, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, common design, computers, convergence, echolocation, evolution, experiment, eyes, genes, hypothesis, intelligent agents, intelligent design, limbs, observation, phylogenetic analysis, phylogeny, species, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), trees, whales, wheels}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterium, Charles Darwin, complexification, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Lamarckian theory, natural preservation, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Richard Dawkins, whales}

The Hamlet of Down House

_{Neil Thomas
March 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Darwin began casting around in his mind for supplementary theories, sometimes going so far as to reconsider evolutionary thinking he had once firmly rejected. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, birds, circular reasoning, common ancestry, Dogs, evolution, Explore Evolution, homology, humans, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, limbs, students, teachers, vertebrates, whales}

Khan Academy Video, “Evidence for Evolution,” Gives Circular Arguments for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If you define homology as resulting from common ancestry, you can’t then turn around and use that as an argument for common ancestry. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinian theory, David Berlinski, evolution, foresight, fossil record, intelligent design, mammals, material processes, Pakicetus, Richard Sternberg, whale evolution, whales, wolf}

To Shave a Cow: Sternberg on Whale Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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That evolution, over a span of 11 million years or so, was once hailed as a “poster child” for the confirmation of Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, "poor design", breathing, Cornelius Hunter, esophagus, evolution, Fazale Rana, humans, intelligent design, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, muscles, neck, whales}

Is the Human Neck a “Mistake of Evolution”?

_{Walter Myers III
October 20, 2021

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Darwin asserted the “absurdity” of evolution designing a shared opening to the esophagus and trachea (windpipe). Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", bioinformatics, biologists, biosphere, Dan Graur, ENCODE, engineers, evolution, fitness landscape, human body, Human Errors, human genome, junk DNA, Nathan Lents, optimality, pelvis, scientific materialism, teleology, whales, Wikipedia}

Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed

_{Brian Miller
August 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Bioscience, critics, Darwinists, disease, evolution, fossil record, Jackson Wheat, Jerry Coyne, Long Story Short, Neo-Darwinism, population genetics, scientists, The Conversation, whales, Wikipedia, YouTube videos}

Whales — Time to Put Evolution’s Exhausted “Poster Child” to Rest

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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The argument about whales turns on two points: “Population genetics calculations say no,” and “New fossil find throws the series into disarray.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Marshall, critics, Evolution News, evolutionary icons, intelligent design, Jackson Wheat, Jeremy England, Jonathan Wells, Long Story Short, music, Nota Bene, PZ Myers, whales, YouTube videos, Zombie Science (book)}

Whale Song: Learning from Our Critics

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2020

Biology, Evolution

4}

A substantive argument is a lovely thing to behold, to watch or to listen to, even if punctuated (in Myers's case) by the usual grumpy insults. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animation, bears, Charles Darwin, critics, Evolution News, Jonathan Wells, Long Story Short, Nota Bene, video, whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Walking Whales: Get a Free Chapter of Zombie Science

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2020

Evolution

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The origin of whales has remained a sore point for evolutionists, on which they’ve tried to perform a miraculous transformation. Read More ›