Michael Denton

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Humans Were Designed to Harness Fire

_{Michael Denton
July 20, 2020}

Of all the discoveries made on mankind’s long march to civilization, there was one primal discovery that made the realization of all else possible.

Remembering Phil Johnson: Visiting San Fran Will Never Be the Same

_{Michael Denton
November 7, 2019}

It pleased me to find out that his reading of my book was one of the major influences that motivated him to take up the fight.

NASA’s Parker Probe Kisses the Sun — And Rightly So

_{Michael Denton
November 5, 2018}

It’s thanks only to the fine-tuning of the laws and constants of nature that we live in a universe awash in radiation from this tiny swath of the electromagnetic spectrum — the life-permitting swath.

Genetic Similarities Between Fins and Limbs — Evidence for Evolution, Maybe, but Not for Darwinism

_{Michael Denton
September 7, 2016}

My assessment is this: There never were any transitional forms making both dermal bone and endochondral bone.

A Reasonable, but Incomplete, Account of How Humans Mastered Fire

_{Michael Denton
August 4, 2016}

The coincidences are so extraordinary that the inference to design is surely worthy of serious consideration.

On the Diversification of Fur, Feathers, and Scales, the Mystery Remains

_{Michael Denton
July 6, 2016}

Reporting in Science Advances, researchers studied a lizard, a bearded dragon, in which scales failed to develop.

Gegenbaur Revisited: Assessing the “Limbs from Gills” Scenario

_{Michael Denton
April 27, 2016}

New research seems to supports a notion first proposed more than a century ago by a great German morphologist.

Human Language: Linguistic Ability by Saltation

_{Michael Denton
April 25, 2016}

Rather than being earned, linguistic capacity was given.

Discovering Fire: How We Became Pyrophiles

_{Michael Denton
April 21, 2016}

With the approaching premiere of Fire-Maker, we asked Dr. Denton for his comments on a well-timed research article.

Human Language: Noam Chomsky, Universal Grammar, and Natural Selection

_{Michael Denton
April 11, 2016}

There is no doubt that a unique deep structure underlies the languages of all members of our species, modern Homo sapiens.

Human Language: The Homo Homolog

_{Michael Denton
April 4, 2016}

Because of the lack of homology and the lack of plausible adaptive evolutionary steps, the origin of language remains an abiding mystery.

Long-Term Trends in the Fossil Record

_{Michael Denton
March 28, 2016}

Constant directional change is inexplicable in terms of neo-Darwinism.

The Only Game in Town

_{Michael Denton
March 21, 2016}

Without an alternative framework, scientific communities are forced to regard evidence that may appear to be profoundly hostile as mere anomalies.

Internal Constraints vs. External Pressures: The Revelations of Evo-Devo

_{Michael Denton
March 14, 2016}

Internal causal factors have played a far more prominent role in the actualization of evolutionary innovations than cumulative selection

The Evo-Devo Revolution: LEGOs or Transformers?

_{Michael Denton
March 7, 2016}

Pigs will never fly -- not only because of functional reasons, but because of deep internal structural constraints in the way a pig is put together.

The Types: Why Shared Characteristics Are Bad News for Darwinism

_{Michael Denton
February 29, 2016}

There is something incongruous about the very notion of genuine immutable "taxon-defining novelties" if Darwinian evolution is true.

Nature’s Dis-Continuum: Why Structural Explanations Win Hands Down

_{Michael Denton
February 22, 2016}

There is no reason for believing the major Type-defining homologs, such as the feather, were achieved gradually via functional continuums.

Non-Adaptive Order: An Existential Challenge to Darwinian Evolution

_{Michael Denton
February 15, 2016}

If many of the taxa-defining homologs are non-adaptive, the whole Darwinian enterprise breaks down entirely.

On Darwin Day, Darwinism Is Well Past Its "Sell By" Date

_{Michael Denton
February 12, 2016}

Today is Darwin Day, marking the birthday of Charles Darwin, who is celebrated around the world as a secular saint.

Natural Life: Cosmological Fine-Tuning as an Argument for Structuralism

_{Michael Denton
February 8, 2016}

If nature is so fine-tuned for life's environment, might the fine-tuning not also include a set of laws of form, geared to actualize the forms of life on earth?