Casey Luskin Answers Common Objections to Intelligent Design

"God of the gaps", Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, bird groups, Casey Luskin, co-option, Darwinian predictions, evolutionary timeline, flowering plants, fossil record, hand bones, Homo (genus), Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, ID The Future, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jacob Vasquez, Junk DNA, knuckle-walkers, land plants, Lucy (fossil), mammals, naturalism, naturalism in the gaps, paleontology, pelvis, scientific knowledge, tree branches, type III secretion system
Dr. Luskin highlights a “large unbridged gap” in the fossil record between ape-like species like Lucy and human-like species. Source
Read More

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionary models, flagellar assembly, flagellar function, H. Allen Orr, indirect evolution, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, mental agent, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, protein homology, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, synchronization, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), Type 3 Secretory System
Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Source
Read More

Listen: Michael Behe Answers Your Questions About Intelligent Design

bacterial flagellum, Bacteriophage T4, cellular control systems, co-option, cryo-electron microscopy, embryo, Evolution, flagella, gears, genetic regulatory networks, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, magnetotactic bacterium, Michael Behe, MO1, Podcast, random mutation, theistic evolution, wiring diagrams
What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? Source
Read More