Tag: population genetics
“Unique Human Origins”: Explained
One scenario involves a first human pair created from scratch — Adam and Eve, as many traditional religious believers would have it.
From Ann Gauger and Ola Hössjer, a New Standard for the Science of a “First Couple”
Their scrupulous work found that Jerry Coyne and others, in bullying Christians and Jews on how “we can dismiss a physical Adam and Eve with near scientific certainty,” were in reality poorly supported.
New BIO-Complexity Paper: We Could Have Come from Two
New research confirms the possibility of a starting point of two humans instead of thousands. Ann Gauger reports.
The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness
Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process.
Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution
It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion.