common ancestry

On this episode of ID the Future, paleontologist Günter Bechly speaks again with host Andrew McDiarmid about the growing case against Darwinian gradualism. Bechly points out two more cases where fossil discoveries refuted Darwin’s prediction of gradualism in species transitions. In one of the classic showcases for such alleged transitions, between two species of deep-sea protists called foraminifera, more recent research showed their speciation to be abrupt and not an ancestor-descendent sequence. And fossil freshwater snails from Germany, once viewed as another textbook example of gradual speciation, were discovered not to be separate species at all. Is there a paradigm change coming in evolutionary studies? Nothing fits the data better than intelligent design.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Günter Bechly, paleoentomologist and former curator for amber and fossil insects for the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany, talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about evidence for macroevolution among insects. The fossil record is “saturated,” Bechly says. By that he doesn’t mean there aren’t new fossil forms to discover. Bechly himself has discovered several. He means we have an extensive enough sampling to confidently discern the major patterns of change and stasis in the history of life. And it shows no sign of insect evolution. It shows no transition from marine arthropods to terrestrial insects, none from wingless insects to winged insects, and no gradual evolution to insects (such as Read More ›

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin continues his series responding to Nature’s evolution evangelism packet, taking a look at truly interesting research that has nothing to do with natural selection, common ancestry or Darwin’s theory. For more on the “Evolutionary Gems,” check out Evolution News & Views.

On this episode of ID the Future, hear an excerpt of a presentation by Dr. Ann Gauger, recorded at a “Science and Human Origins” conference, Read More ›

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin continues his series discussing the top 10 problems with biological and chemical evolution. Read More ›

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin continues his series discussing the top 10 problems with biological and chemical evolution. This series is based upon Casey Luskin’s chapter in the volume More than Myth, edited by Paul Brown and Robert Stackpole (Chartwell Press, 2014). In this segment, Casey discusses the sixth problem: how molecular biology has failed to yield a grand “Tree of Life.”

On this episode of ID the Future, hear more of Casey Luskin’s recent talk at a recent Science and Human Origins conference. Read More ›

On this episode of ID the Future, hear more of Casey Luskin’s recent talk at a recent Science and Human Origins conference. Read More ›

On this episode of ID the Future, hear a clip of Casey Luskin speaking at a recent Science and Human Origins conference. Read More ›