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butterflies

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 9, 2019
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, speciation
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At Nautilus: Do butterflies challenge the meaning of “species”?

Denyse O'Leary
December 9, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, speciation
Yes, of course they do. But imagine anyone asking such a question years ago for any purpose except to show that it ain’t so: Stamp OUT Darwin Doubt!! was the permitted approach. But now we read doubt about Darwinian speciation in typical think mags. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 15, 2019
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Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: How butterflies develop the same wing color via different paths “forever changes the way evolution is understood.”

Denyse O'Leary
November 15, 2019
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Riccardo Papa, co-author and professor at the University of Puerto Rico: “Distinct species with identical wing-color patterns, such as co-mimetic butterflies, can evolve using different molecular strategies. Imagine the same notes played on different instruments!" We CAN imagine it. It is called intelligent design. The melody is an idea and it can be iterated on different instruments. Thanks for listening. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 1, 2019
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Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Darwinism is dead and the butterflies did it

Denyse O'Leary
November 1, 2019
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
No, but seriously, if "'species' are simply not what we thought they were,” as the researchers' media release reads, all those carefully thought-out explanations of the neo-Darwinian origin of various butterfly traits must compete with “a complete morass of inter-connectedness.” Darwinism is dying and people are wisely refraining from spelling that out. Read More ›