Tag: common descent
Common Descent or Common Design? An Exercise in Question-Begging
Darwinists point to similarities across species, classes, and phyla, and argue that this shows we’re all descended from a common ancestor.
Evolution Confirmed? The Philosophy of Naturalism
If one insists on and is committed to naturalism, then naturalistic, evolutionary, explanations are what you will find.
“Shared Error” Argument: Olfactory Receptor Genes Prove Common Descent?
The idea here is that, in different species, the same damaging mutation can be found in the same pseudogenes.
Similarity Happens! The Problem of Homoplasy
Organisms display similarities of sequence, form, or life history that cannot be accounted for by their family tree.
The Trial of David v. Goliath Jet Propulsion Lab Concludes
The case, as opposed to the trial, is a long way from being over.
What Exactly Is Being Decided in the David Coppedge “Intelligent Design” Trial
Opening statements wrapped up today and one thing is beyond doubt: this trial will be misrepresented in the media.
30% of the Gorilla Genome Contradicts the Supposed Evolutionary Phylogeny of Humans and Apes
That’s the big news revealed last week with the publication of the sequence of the full gorilla genome.
“Life All the Way Down”: Stephen Talbott’s Biological Vision
Organisms are wholes and cannot be thought of as assembled in machine-like fashion.
Nature Affirms “No Theory Is Too Special to Question”
Physicists were open to challenging one of their most precious theories. Why not biologists?
Parallel Host and Parasite Phylogenies: Do They Imply Common Ancestry?
Consider this diagram — or “tanglegram” — representing the parallel phylogenies yielded by pocket gophers and their lice parasites.