Biologist Jonathan Wells Gives “Top Scientific Problems with Evolution”

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Darwin anticipated “innumerable transitions” in the fossil record, but such a rainbow of transitional forms has never been found. Source
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The Design Connection in Biological Tracking Systems

anatomy, antibiotics, biology, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, environmental conditions, Evolution, evolvability, information, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, neo-Darwinian evolution, physiology, sensors, switches, technological innovation, timescales, tracking systems, waiting times, Zoltan Szallasi
If organisms resulted from haphazard undirected processes, their design constraints would be few and highly flexible. Source
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Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering

adaptive mechanisms, aluminum soils, analyzers, biology, biophysicists, cave fish, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, DNA, dog breeds, Engineering, engineering model, environmental conditions, evolutionary theory, gene regulatory network, gulls, hair, Harold Garner, Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, John Fondon, Laridae, Life Sciences, maize, Midas cichlids, natural genetic engineering, natural selection, phenotypic plasticity, Ralf Sommer, sodium, temperature, yeast
Transposable elements modify gene regulation in maize to confer drought tolerance, alter flowering time, and enable plants to grow in toxic aluminum soils. Source
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Arthropod Architects Amaze Engineers

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They appear in the early Cambrian fossil record: the first examples of the most diverse phylum on earth. Who knew their skills would become the envy of human engineers? Source
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Has Left a Legacy of Confusion over Biological Adaptation

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Our ability to adapt to fantastically diverse circumstances did not result from the happenstance of environmental conditions. Source
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Major “Ibero-American Intelligent Design Congress” Reaches the Spanish-Speaking World

Ana María Garzón Porras, Antonio Roman Martinez Fernandez, biology, Brazil, Central America, Costa Rica, Cristian Aguirre Del Pino, Evolution, evolutionary biology, Honduras, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, Juan Manuel Torres, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, Quezia Salgado, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ricardo Bravo Méndez, Roberto Biaggi, São Paulo, Saulo Reis, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars
I had fantastic translation assistance from a Summer Seminar alumnus and valued colleague, Quezia Salgado, and my talk went well. Source
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