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Primate Phylogenetics Researchers Swinging from Tree to Tree
Researchers trying to create a primate phylogenetic tree are finding it isn’t as easy as they’d hoped.
Diluting the News, or Why You Should Be Careful When Reading The Associated Press
Pope Benedict’s forthright insistence that God is involved in creation is refreshing, but of course, it upsets those who are invested in the idea of theistic evolution.
Et tu, Pseudogenes? Another Type of “Junk” DNA Betrays Darwinian Predictions
Perhaps the mindset of Dawkins, Giberson, and Collins is setting us up to miss important biological functions of pseudogenes.
The New Evangelism: Michael Dowd’s Evolutionary Christianity
Who is Michael Dowd? He calls himself an evangelist. Not surprisingly, he can be found in churches preaching. But Dowd’s gospel is not one where sin is rebellion against God, but rejection of Darwin.
Catholics and Intelligent Design, Part Three
Rather than high tech teleo-mechanistic philosophy, ID draws on elements from both the Aristotelian and teleo-mechanist traditions, but doesn’t fit wholly in either camp. It is in many ways a tertium quid, a third possibility.