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Denyse O'Leary
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November 5, 2020
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Animal minds
Evolution
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Arrangement of fossils gives insights into mammal behavior at 75 million years ago

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November 5, 2020
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: F. primaevus’ powerful shoulders and elbows that are similar to today’s living burrowing animals … Furthermore, the animals found were a mixture of multiple mature adults and young adults, suggesting these were truly social groups as opposed to just parents raising their young. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 17, 2020
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Darwinism
Evolution
horizontal gene transfer
Intelligent Design
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Watching microorganisms bend “the rules” of evolution

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October 17, 2020
Darwinism, Evolution, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: “It was previously thought that the only genes that could spread through a population were those that caused a benefit 'right now' (in the environment that the population is experiencing at that point in time).” That’s Darwinism. And Darwinism is becoming comprehensively out of date. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 15, 2020
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(Reformed) New Scientist 13: We can stop evolution

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October 15, 2020
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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New Scientist: “Today, evolution remains one of the most powerful ideas in science but, as with all good ideas, it is evolving ” Sure, but if evolution is evolving, Darwinism is dead. Which is fine with us. It’s a big world out there. Making everything sound like Darwin said it is not the way to explore that world. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 7, 2020
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Evolution
Genetics
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(Reformed) New Scientist takes horizontal gene transfer seriously

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October 7, 2020
Evolution, Genetics, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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At New Scientist: “‘Yeast and bacteria have fundamentally different ways of turning DNA into protein, and this seemed like a really, really strange phenomenon,’ he says.” They ain’t seen nothing yet. If you subtract the “random mutation” from “natural selection,” what’s left of Darwinism? By the time the Raging Woke hammer down Darwin’s statue, chances are the New Scientist crowd will have forgotten who the old Brit toff even was. Shrug. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2020
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(Reformed) New Scientist 9: Survival of the Luckiest

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October 5, 2020
Darwinism, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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At New Scientist: “But evolution can also occur through a non-adaptive process called genetic drift, whereby a gene may become dominant in a population purely by chance… ‘Genetic drift can definitely be a significant driver of evolution,’ says Miles.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 5, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Evolution
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speciation
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The Economist: Hybrids have “upturned” evolutionary theory

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October 5, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media, speciation
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At The Economist: "These findings muddy Darwin’s concept of speciation as a slow and gradual process. Biologists now know that in the right circumstances, and with the help of hybridisation, new species can emerge and consolidate themselves in a mere handful of generations. That is an important amendment to evolutionary theory. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2020
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Culture
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Evolution
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(Reformed) New Scientist 8: Evolution can happen very quickly

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October 3, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Does anyone remember Darwin’s claim: "It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly working, wherever and whenever opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life." Yes, that “daily, hourly” thing seems quaint to us too. It probably even seems quaint over at New Scientist, given the stuff they’re saying now. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2020
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Culture
Evolution
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(Reformed) New Scientist 7: Niche construction can shape evolution

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October 2, 2020
Culture, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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To say that “Traditionally, biologists thought of niche construction purely as a consequence of natural selection. However, that argument doesnʼt always work” is to say that neoDarwinism is not THE theory of evolution. Just in: Richard Dawkins has left the building. And New Scientist has become a more interesting publication. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 30, 2020
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Animal minds
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Primate intelligence test just makes humans more exceptional

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September 30, 2020
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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A recent finding was that mouse lemurs, with a brain 1/200th the size of that of a chimpanzee, performed approximately as well on a primate cognition test. And then there's human intelligence... Read More ›