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
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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
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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
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04Feb 2026 by Post

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

adenine, biochemists, biology, E. coli, Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos
In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Source
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28Jan 2026 by Post

Could Genetic Mutations Be Non-Random? New Evidence for Mutational Bias

Africa, African sleeping sickness, APOL1, Daniel Melamed, diseases, Engineering, Evolution, genes, genetic mutations, genetics, genomes, germline genome, haploid, heterozygotes, HindIII, homozygotes, Intelligent Design, Israel, malaria, MEMDS, mutation DNA, Mutation Enrichment followed by Maximum Depth Sequencing, mutation frequency, mutations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, randomness, restriction enzyme, sperm, sperm DNA, Trypanosoma brucei, University of Haifa, wild-type DNA
The researchers examined the emergence of a mutation in the human APOL1 gene that confers protection from African sleeping sickness. Source
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30Dec 2025 by Post

No. 3 Story for 2025: Immaterial Genome Is Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

biology, Christianity, David Klinghoffer, DNA, Evolution, Faith & Science, genes, genetic instructions, geneticists, genome, Georg Cantor, immaterial genome, infinite sets, Intelligent Design, Judaism, leather shoes, Life Itself, material genome, materialism, mathematics, non-coding DNA, pearls, Plato, proteins, recombination, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, set theory, sneakers, transposable elements, tsimtsum
Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Source
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10Dec 2025 by Post

The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

animals, Ascaris megalocephala, bar code, Cenorhabditis elegans, Chemistry, chimpanzees, chromosome number, chromosomes, Cruciferae, DNA, donkeys, Drosophila, Evolution, ferns, fruit flies, genes, genetics, homunculus, humans, idiogram, Junk DNA, Lego blocks, Ninth Symphony, nucleotides, Ophioglossum petiolatum, Parthenon, physics, plants, proteins, roundworm, Salvador Dalì, wheat, zebras
Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Source
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11Nov 2025 by Post

For Good or Evil: The Contradictory Legacy of James D. Watson

Africa, animals, atheists, cellular operations, Christie’s, codes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, digital code, DNA, double helix, Evolution, faith, Francis Crick, genes, genetic isolation, genetics, history, Human Zoos, humans beings, information, intelligence, Intelligent Design, intelligent designer, James D. Watson, John West, language, Maurice Wilkins, nihilism, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, Race, Racism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, sequence hypothesis, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, theism
Let’s hope that whoever writes the future history of science will, like the bidder for that Nobel medal, be merciful to him. Source
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20Sep 2025 by Post

Can Evolution Explain Altruism or Heroism?

altruism, burning cars, Casey Luskin, Culture, Education, Evolution, evolutionary mechanism, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary utility, genes, group selection, heroism, human behavior, kin selection, kindness, Marvel Universe, Podcast, reciprocal altruism, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes, strangers, teamwork
Casey Luskin and I share separate recent examples of people who have run towards burning cars to save complete strangers. Source
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