Evolution Debate News

Washington, July 7 : A new study of ancient fossils has determined that the earliest land vertebrates, also known as tetrapods, were more diverse than we could possibly imagine.

Francis Collins made a name for himself as a geneticist by heading up the Human Genome Project.

A recent mathematical analysis says that life as we know it is written into the laws of reality.

But one of the biggest moments in Earth's lifetime is the Cambrian explosion of life, roughly 540 million years ago, when complex, multi-cellular life burst out all over the planet.

The well-preserved fossil of the plant-eating hadrosaur known as 'Dakota' has been analysed by researchers writing in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The team report how the fossil's soft tissues were spared from decay by fine sediments that formed a mineral cast.

Matin Bashir summarizes the Creation vs. Evolution debate between Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort of "The Way of the Master" and Brian "Sapient" and Kelly of the Rational Response Squad.

Yes, I'm totally ripping this idea off of pharyngula. Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen don't need no stinkin' environment.

For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference.

The creationist museum draws large crowds. I think this will inevitably destroy what little credibility they may have had left.

Excellent, short, and free synopsis of the genetic evidence of evolution as of 2007. Nice.

As we are ever quick to point out here at ENV, the case for Darwinian evolution has been crumbling in recent years as scientific research points to design in nature.

These are 5 videos posted on Youtube which the Discovery Institute has illegally attempted to censor

Among the authors are Jennifer A. Clack writing on "The Fisha 'Tetrapod Transition: New Fossils and Interpretations," Luis M. Chiappe writing on "Downsized Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary Transition to Modern Birds," Kenneth D. Angielczyk writing on " Dimetrodon Is Not a Dinosaur: Using Tree Thinking to Understand the Ancient Relatives of Mammals and ...

At the outset of really digging into Jerry Coyne's stance on science and religion, let's pose a question: Why do we care whether or not the two are compatible? The answer is that one might care for many reasons.

At the behest of the creationist faction on the state board of education, references to the specific age of the universe, common descent, and evolution were removed, and language that misleadingly suggests that established scientific results are in doubt was introduced.

I was reading a pdf file from the Discovery Institute's new "Faith and Reason website, the one they set up to combat Francis Collin's BioLogos website. Well the pdf is titled "The Roots of Intelligent Design" and I was contrasting it with Barbara Forrest's paper "Understanding the Intelligent Design Creationist Movement: Its True Nature and Goals" ad I realized the paper is one big smokescreen.

The Discovery Institute a ' the Seattle-based headquarters of the intelligent design movement a ' has just launched a new website, "Faith and Evolution", which asks, can one be a Christian and accept evolution? The answer, as far as the Discovery Institute is concerned, is a resounding: No.

The Texas Senate voted not to confirm Don McLeroy in his post as chair of the Texas state board of education on May 28, 2009.

In contrast, it argues that, if Intelligent Design is taken to be non-theological doctrine, it is not intelligible.

Senate Bill 873 , introduced in the South Carolina Senate on May 21, 2009 and referred to the Senate Committee on Education, would, if enacted, require the state board of education to "examine all curriculum in use in this State that purports to teach students about the origins of mankind to determine whether the curriculum maintains neutrality ...