Origin of Species

Variation and Selection: What's the Difference? What Are the Issues?

James A. Shapiro | Posted 05.17.2012

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James A. Shapiro

How could natural selection operate so that "the good ones spread in the population" if there were no positive variants in the first place? That is why I am confounded by Jerry Coyne's comment that he can explain natural genetic engineering by "garden variety natural selection."

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What Is the Key to a Realistic Theory of Evolution?

James A. Shapiro | Posted 04.17.2012

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James A. Shapiro

Was Darwin simply mistaken about the gradual nature of hereditary variation? Such ignorance would be unavoidable before we knew about Mendelian genetics and DNA. Or was there a deeper flaw in the theory that he (and Alfred Russell Wallace) propounded?

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Adam And Eve Didn't Exist. Get Over It!

Michael Ruse | Posted 08.10.2011

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Michael Ruse

Organisms evolved from simple forms by natural selection. This includes humans. We are the end result of a long, slow, natural process of development. Moreover, there never was an original pair.

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A Reasonable Argument For God's Existence

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Adam Jacobs

I posit to you that all the evidence points, in an obvious and inextricable way, to a supernatural explanation for the origin of life -- a perfectly reasonable position.

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Darwin And Atheism

Michael Ruse | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Ruse

Charles Darwin himself would be embarrassed greatly by atheist flags associated with him, especially atheist flags flown in celebration of his birthday.

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Ultimate Acts of Sacrifice: On Bees and Men

Oren Harman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oren Harman

If nature, as the poet Tennyson had put it, was always "red in tooth and claw", how could one explain benevolence and sacrifice?

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Defending Darwin's Legacy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Just as the majority of people no longer accept the idea of a flat earth, the time has come to credit Darwin's discovery by finally rejecting the notion that faith is equivalent to data.

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Are Evolution-Deniers any Different from Holocaust-Deniers, Birthers, or Truthers?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali A. Rizvi

Would Ben Stein hear out Ahmadinejad on the Holocaust the way Glenn Beck heard Stein out on his anti-evolution film? Fair and balanced, anyone?

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Kirk Cameron's 'Origin Of Species' Plan: Ex-Actor To Distribute 50,000 Altered Darwin Books

Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kirk Cameron, best known for his role in the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains, now spends much of his time advocating for far-right Christian evangelical ca...

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Lessons from Darwin - We're Still Evolving

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Papantonio

Birds, sea lions, and iguanas take from their surroundings only what they need to live. On the other hand, the more evolved human is locus-like in the way they interact with their community.

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