Tag: humans
An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing
From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans.
Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses
It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design.
Listen: Intelligent Design, Biomimicry, and Hacking the Cosmos
Dominic Halsmer draws on the engineering concept of affordances to explore how Earth shows evidence of having been intelligently engineered for life.
Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess
Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion.
Do Human Embryos Have Gills?
Jonathan Wells provide quotes from leading embryologists discussing how pharyngeal folds in humans only have an “illusory” similarity to fish gills.