Protein Evolution, the Waiting-Time Problem, and the Intriguing Possibility of Two First Parents

Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Human Origins, humans, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, monogenesis, mutations, Parents, Podcast, population genetics, protein evolution, proteins, waiting-time problem
After being asked to evaluate the scientific case against Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger dove into population genetics. Source
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Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Mosasaurs in the Cretaceous

Darwinism, ecological niches, Evolution, flukes, Fossil Friday, fossil record, genes, genetic changes, genetic coding, just-so stories, Late Cretaceous, legends, marine reptiles, mathematics, mosasaurs, mutations, North America, paleontology, Plesioplatecarpus planifroms, population genetics, sea serpents, sharks, waiting-time problem
The math of population genetics precludes a Darwinian origin of these new genes in such a short time. Source
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry

amniotes, amphibians, anamniotes, BIO-Complexity, biology, birds, blastula, bony fish, Charles Darwin, chondrichthyans, cleavage, common ancestry, David Swift, development, developmental biology, ectoderm, endoderm, Ernst Haeckel, Evolution, Evolution Under the Microscope, gastrulation, germ layers, homologous organs, homology, Intelligent Design, lancelets, mammals, mesoderm, neurulation, peer-reviewed literature, phylotypic stage, primates, reptiles, Rudolf Raff, science, teleosts, tissues, vertebrate development, vertebrate embryos, waiting-time problem
Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry. Source
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Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations

Arabidopsis thaliana, biology, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, Evolution, gene-coding, genome, Intelligent Design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Life Sciences, mustard, mutation, mutation rate, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, thale cress, waiting-time problem
The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Source
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New Study in Nature Showing “Non-Random” Mutation Spells Trouble for Neo-Darwinism

Arabidopsis thaliana, biology, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, Evolution, gene-coding DNA, genome, Intelligent Design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Life Sciences, mustard, mutation, mutation rate, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, thale cress, waiting-time problem
The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Source
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#3 Story of 2021: In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists on “Waiting Time” Problem for Coordinated Mutations

Ann Gauger, arthropods, Avalon explosion, binding sites, Cambrian Explosion, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0 research project, Intelligent Design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, marbles, mutations, nucleotides, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed literature, polynomial, regulatory regions, Springer, Stochastic Processes and Applications, tetrapods, vascular plants, waiting-time problem
The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Source
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Evolutionary Biologist Richard Sternberg: Why I’m a Platonist

Aristotle, Aristotle and Other Platonists, biology, demiurge, Evolution, fossil record, Genesis, information, Intelligent Design, Lloyd Gerson, natural world, philosophy, Platonists, population genetics, Richard Sternberg, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer, Timaeus, University of Toronto, waiting-time problem
The evolutionary turns that life has taken, he says, “ultimately have their source in an informational realm that is outside space and time.” Source
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In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated Mutations

Ann Gauger, arthropods, Avalon explosion, binding sites, Cambrian Explosion, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0 research project, Intelligent Design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, marbles, mutations, nucleotides, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed literature, polynomial, regulatory regions, Springer, Stochastic Processes and Applications, tetrapods, vascular plants, waiting-time problem
The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Source
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