Evolution – Page 4 – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

06Mar 2026 by Post

Do the Asgard Archaea Hold the Keys to Eukaryotic Origins?

aerobic lifestyle, Alphaproteobacteria, Arctic Ocean, Asgard, Asgard archaea, biology, cell division, cell's, cytokinesis, electron transport chain complex, ESCRT-III division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic signature proteins, Evolution, FtsZ proteins, hydrogenases, hydrothermal vent, Intelligent Design, Lokiarchaeota, Loki’s Castle, mitochondria, mitosis, Nature (journal), Norse deities, Odinarcheota, polymerization, synthesis, Thorarchaeota

In 2015, a new superphylum of archaea was reported, having been discovered through metagenomic sequences of sediments. Source

04Mar 2026 by Post

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, biology, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Evolution, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, Intelligent Design, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University

He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Source

28Feb 2026 by Post

Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

abrupt appearance, ancestors, bedtime story, blood circulation, cell's, Darwinian theory, Evolution, fossil record, giraffe evolution, giraffes, giraffe’s neck, heart, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, missing link, okapi, Samotherium major, taxon, transitional fossils, variations, vertebrae, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, zoology

The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Source

28Feb 2026 by Post

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

"God of the gaps", abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, Evolution, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?

With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Source

27Feb 2026 by Post

Giraffes and the Fossil Record: Bad News for Neo-Darwinism

common descent, common design, environmental shifts, Evolution, evolutionary lineage, evolutionary sequence, fossil record, geneticists, geological evidence, giraffe evolution, giraffes, giraffe’s neck, ID The Future, intermediates, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, Samotherium major, silos, stasis, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, zoology

Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig highlights the discrepancies in the fossil record that cause the traditional Darwinian narrative to unravel. Source

24Feb 2026 by Post

Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

Archaeology, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, Evolution, evolutionary narrative, evolutionary timeline, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo longi, Homo sapiens, human evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, London, media, morphological data, morphology, Natural History Museum, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, revision, Rick Potts, Science (journal), Science Advances, skulls, Susan Antón, Xiaobo Feng, Yunxian 2, Yunxian skulls

As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Source

23Feb 2026 by Post

Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

Acheulean stone tools, Africa, Biological Theory, brain size, brain volume, Denisovans, encephalization quotient, Evolution, FOXP2, genes, Homo erectus, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, hunting, hyoid, Indonesia, intellectual capabilities, language, laryngeal air sacs, linguistic communication, linguistics, modern humans, Neanderthals, seafaring, speaking, symbols, thinking

The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Source

22Feb 2026 by Post

Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

biological processes, Bret Weinstein, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryonic development, ERVs, evo-devo, Evolution, evolutionary biology, function, gene expression, genes, genetics, genome, integer variables, Intelligent Design, Joe Rogan, Jonathan McLatchie, Junk DNA, microsatellites, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, supporters, telomeres, variables

This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Source

20Feb 2026 by Post

Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

anatomy, Darwinian expectations, Engineering, Evolution, eye, habitats, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, lab coats, locomotion, middle ear, nervous system, origins, Richard Dawkins, scientific theories, structures, systems, theories of origins, Ultimate Engineering, wrist joint

He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Source

16Feb 2026 by Post

Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

Australopithecus, bonobos, Cell Genomics, cell's, chimps, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, Evolution, functional advantage, fusion site, genes, genetics, genome, gorillas, human chromosomal fusion, human chromosome 2, Human Origins and Anthropology, human tissues, humans, incomplete lineage sorting, neural development, phylogenetic conflicts, phylogenetic incongruity, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, speciation, transcription

Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Source

Category: Evolution