On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

artwork, Books, candor, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Evolution, humor, Icons of Evolution, ID The Future, illustrators, ink, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, journals, machines, magazines, materialist paradigm, organisms, Paul Nelson, pen, Podcast, Richard Sternberg, textbooks, Tom Woodward, visual media
Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Source
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Letter to the Smithsonian: Correct Your Signage on Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity!

1 percent myth (series), Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, differential, DNA, Evolution, gap divergence, genetic code, genetic difference, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human exceptionalism, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, Intelligent Design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), orangutans, Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, primates, Progressive Cactus, signage, single nucleotide variation, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, telomere, University of Johannesburg
Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. Source
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Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

atheists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chimps, Darwinian evolution, environments, evolutionary icons, Günter Bechly, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, immaterial genome, Intelligent Design, Michael Levin, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic space, protein-coding DNA, Richard Sternberg, science education, science media, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, zookeepers, zoology, zoos
Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Source
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Breaking: New Study Shatters the 1 Percent Human-Chimp Difference Myth

1 percent myth, American Museum of Natural History, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, chimps, common decent, de novo, Emily Reeves, Evolution, human exceptionalism, human genome, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, ID The Future, National Geographic, new york, order of magnitude, Podcast, Science (journal), Science Reporting, Scientific American
The 1 percent statistic has become so widely cited and accepted that it could be considered an “icon of evolution.” Source
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Eavesdropping in the Platonic Academy 

algorithms, Andreas Wagner, Aristotle, biology, C.H. Waddington, Casey Luskin, creationists, demiurge, Denis Noble, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, Evolution, evolutionary biology, Günter Bechly, Hans Driesch, Harvard University, Intelligent Design, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lars Löfgren, Michael Levin, microbes, Philosophy of Science, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonism, René Descartes, René Thom, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, sequoia trees, Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design, theoretical biology, Tufts University, University of Zurich, vitalism
I can relate to the paleontologist Günter Bechly, who, after hearing Sternberg lay out his thesis, lay awake unable to sleep as he considered the implications. Source
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Does Cosmic Fine-Tuning Suggest Theism or Deism?

astrobiologists, Casey Luskin, clock-maker, Cosmic Habitable Age, deism, designer, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, fingernails, galactic habitable zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Stephen Dedalus, The Privileged Planet, theism
Casey Luskin continues his conversation with astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez about the many ways Earth’s place in the cosmos is finely tuned for life. Source
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Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

biology, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Dan Stern Cardinale, Evolution, Faith & Science, feathered crocodile, geologists, Intelligent Design, interviews, Islam, Junk DNA, life, Muslims, purposeful agency, Rutgers University, stereotypes, Subboor Ahmad, Wesam Almahd, YouTube channels, YouTube videos
Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile. Source
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One Week from Today! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

All Creatures Great & Small, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, eric hedin, Events, Faith & Science, George Montañez, habitat, honeybees, Intelligent Design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer
From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Source
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