13Jul 2022 by Post

On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

bilaterians, biology, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Charles Marshall, citrate, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, Evolution, Florian Maderspacher, gene regulatory networks, Graham Budd, Hervé Philippe, Intelligent Design, James Valentine, Maximilian Telford, phenotypes, Precambrian, Richard Lenski, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, Uppsala University, Vernanimalcula
The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Source
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16Feb 2021 by Post

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

adaptation, Andrew Murray, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, Evolution, function, gene loss, genes, Intelligent Design, John Maynard Smith, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Nature Heredity, phenotypes, The Quarterly Review of Biology
The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Source
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27Aug 2020 by Post

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

anatomy, animals, apes, atheists, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, Creativity, DNA, ductus arteriosus, earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, heteropalindromes, human evolution, human exceptionalism, Human Origins, humans, Intelligent Design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, P.Z. Myers, parable, Periodic Table, phenotypes, Richard Dawkins, The Country of the Blind, Tree of Life
Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Source
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