Podcasts about Speciation

The Asian common toad (aka Asian black-spined toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad) is a remarkably successful species, living alongside humans and colonising new lands. A new study suggests there might be more than meets the eye, with the toads being more than one species. We finish with a newly described tiny species of chameleon from Madagascar.  Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Dufresnes C, Jablonski D, Ambu J, Prasad VK, Bala Gautam K, Kamei RG, Mahony S, Hofmann S, Masroor R, Alard B, Crottini A, Edmonds D, Ohler A, Jiang J, Khatiwada JR, Gupta SK, Borzée A, Borkin LJ, Skorinov DV, Melnikov DA, Milto KD, Konstantinov EL, Künzel S, Suchan T, Arkhipov DV, Trofimets AV, Nguyen TV, Suwannapoom C, Litvinchuk SN, Poyarkov NA. 2025. Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus). Nature Communications 16. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54933-4. Species of the Bi-Week: Rakotoarison A, Hasiniaina AF, Glaw F, Vences M. 2024. A new miniaturized species of leaf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from a littoral forest fragment in eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa 5506:533–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.4.3. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Vázquez Torres S, Benard Valle M, Mackessy SP, Menzies SK, Casewell NR, Ahmadi S, Burlet NJ, Muratspahić E, Sappington I, Overath MD, Rivera-de-Torre E, Ledergerber J, Laustsen AH, Boddum K, Bera AK, Kang A, Brackenbrough E, Cardoso IA, Crittenden EP, Edge RJ, Decarreau J, Ragotte RJ, Pillai AS, Abedi M, Han HL, Gerben SR, Murray A, Skotheim R, Stuart L, Stewart L, Fryer TJA, Jenkins TP, Baker D. 2025. De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins. Nature:1–7. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08393-x. Other Links/Mentions: Callaway E. 2025. AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms. Nature 637:776–776. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-00133-z. Editing and Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com Intro visuals – Paul Snelling

A new MP3 sermon from Answers in Genesis Ministries is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Speciation After the Flood Subtitle: Answers with Ken Ham Speaker: Ken Ham Broadcaster: Answers in Genesis Ministries Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 12/6/2024 Length: 1 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Answers in Genesis Ministries is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Speciation After the Flood Subtitle: Answers with Ken Ham Speaker: Ken Ham Broadcaster: Answers in Genesis Ministries Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 12/6/2024 Length: 1 min.

Today's world is nothing like the preflood world. Geography was completely reshaped by the catastrophic processes of the flood. And that's true of biology too!

Por que os castores constroem represas? Separe trinta minutinhos do seu dia e descubra, com a Mila Massuda, sobre a vida dos castores e os impactos de suas represas. Apresentação: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) Roteiro: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) e Emilio Garcia (@emilioblablalogia) Revisão de Roteiro: Luisa Kahakura (@lukahakura) Técnica de Gravação: Julianna Harsche (@juvisharsche) Editor: Lilian Correa (@_lilianleme) Mixagem e Masterização: Lívia Mello (@adiscolizard) Produção: Prof. Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares), Matheus Herédia (@Matheus_Heredia) e BláBláLogia (@blablalogia) Gravado e editado nos estúdios TocaCast, do grupo Tocalivros (@tocalivros) REFERÊNCIAS FAIRFAX, E.; WHITTLE, A. Smokey the Beaver: beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western United States. Ecological Applications, v. 30, n. 8, 6 out. 2020. HORN, S. et al. Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal Slow Rates of Molecular Evolution and the Timing of Speciation in Beavers (Castor), One of the Largest Rodent Species. PLoS ONE, v. 6, n. 1, p. e14622, 28 jan. 2011. NUMMI, P. et al. Beaver creates early successional hotspots for water beetles. Biodiversity and Conservation, v. 30, n. 10, p. 2655–2670, 4 jun. 2021. PLINT, T. et al. Evolution of woodcutting behaviour in Early Pliocene beaver driven by consumption of woody plants. Scientific Reports, v. 10, n. 1, p. 13111, 4 ago. 2020.

Can Macron offer Biden the Restoration of Women's Abortion Rights? by Kwon Sung-hee   When will Jesus return? It is right now. If we look at the signs that Jesus gave about the last day of His return, we can see how concerned Jesus was about the prevalence of atheism and the persecution of the weak. (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17 and 21) The specific time of the Second Coming is set as 'a time when women suffer horribly because their right to abortion is violated'. Do you remember what Jesus said to the women of Jerusalem at the beginning of Chapter 1 of this book? Not only does the end times begin with 'birth pains', but it also mentioned that 'how dreadful it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers'.Jesus also knew that there would be terrible persecution of sexual minorities. On that day, those who were on the housetop were not to go down to take anything out of the house, and those who were in the fields were not to get their cloaks. This is a declaration that they, who are not treated as members of the society and family because they are sexual minorities, are not at all lacking in the glory of the Second Coming of Christ 'as they are on the housetop' and 'as they are in the clothes they are currently wearing.'Jesus was most concerned about the devastation of humanity as a result of the death sentence on God, and all of this is the result of that. (p110 111)The book includes a scientific findings report (2021) and the letter sent to President Macron (2022).Author Kwon Sung-hee is a divorce lawyer with 35 years of legal experience.  While scientifically analyzing the phenomenon of couples combining opposite personalities even though personality differences are the biggest reason for divorce, she came to evolutionary biology and discovered the greatest long-cherished pursuit of biology.  The sexual reproduction mechanism and the new theory of evolution.  She then wrote her findings on this in her book titled "The Evolution of Sex Through The Inheritance of Life Cycle and Speciation as a Result of the Use and Disuse of Organs". Nicknamed as 'Lamarck's daughter, self-proclaimed 'Jesus' lawyer' sent by John's Gospel 14-16, she claims to have been called to consummate Western civilization by integrating religion and science.  She is living in Seoul, South Korea.https://www.amazon.com/Macron-Restoration-Womens-Abortion-Rights/dp/1953821731/ref=monarch_sidesheet_titlehttp://www.ecpublishingllc.com   http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/shkec.mp3   

On this special episode of Eclipse on Tap, we record live from the Totality Tour event at Speciation Artisan Ales in Grand Rapids, MI. The event kicked off the upcoming total solar eclipse and featured a beer release called "Totality Tour" brewed by Speciation Artisan Ales in collaboration with Eclipse on Tap! We feature several guests and capture their excitement surrounding the upcoming celestial event. We hope you are able to make it into the path of totality on April 8th! Available now on your favorite podcast platforms. Give us a follow on our social media pages at @eclipseontap [Episode recorded live at Speciation Artisan Ales on 4/4/24. Produced by Matt Deighton]

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 This is our second week on the road and we're broadcasting from uber-sunny Joshua Tree, California. Today we start out with the observation that a dominant faction of the techno-futurist community seems to believe that if our civilization maximizes intelligence, everything will be just fine in the end. We intuitively balk at this promise - and in general, we are skeptical at the lack of vision about what that future might look like. To understand this belief we have to understand what is meant by "intelligence." Then we have to consider the alternatives. We look at the evolution of this dream/nightmare from the earliest days of computer science through the lenses of sci-fi authors like Bradbury & PKDick up through a recent JRE interview with Ray Kurzweil. Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Follow our band Secretary of Nature as we're on tour! https://www.instagram.com/secretary.of.nature/ Listen to Secretary of Nature! https://soundcloud.com/laterisgone Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:06:14) Futurists value computation above all (00:08:14) Quality matters for vision (00:10:20) Intelligence: wisdom, insight, computation (00:14:45) Futurists dream to become god? (00:17:44) Insight & wisdom at the cellular level (00:23:13) False wisdom & hallucinatory insight (00:31:53) Comfort, computational value structure, and slavery (00:38:54) Bradbury corollaries (00:45:24) Soviet model: computational decision making (00:53:23) Exponential computation goes to bureaucratic singularity (00:58:09) We could be wrong. Let's be honest. (01:03:02) Tech should work for us, not the other way (01:09:19) Allure of authority (01:16:52) When computational futurists go blind (01:23:37) Caution for catastrophism. Looking within. #science #sciencepodcast #TechnoFuturism #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureVision #SciFiAnalysis #RayKurzweil #JoshuaTreeBroadcast #IntelligenceDebate #FuturistPerspectives #SkepticalViewpoints #ScienceFiction #TechnologyTrends #FutureSociety #EvolutionOfIdeas #JREInterview #Bradbury #PKDick #FutureOutlook #VisionaryThinking #PodcastDiscussion #SpeculativeFutures Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

On this episode of Eclipse on Tap, we bring the hype! Solar eclipse totality is approximately two weeks out and we can't believe it's already here. We discuss our eclipse kick off event featuring the release of "Totality Tour" ale with our friends at Speciation Ales. The event takes place on 4/4 at Speciation and we hope to see you there! In the second half, we discuss the recent version 3 SpaceX Starship launch and its implications on human space travel in the future. Available now on your favorite podcast platforms. Give us a follow on our social media pages at @eclipseontap [Episode recorded live a Pub39A Studios on 3/23/24. Produced by Matt Deighton]

The field of evolutionary biology has been greatly influenced by the development of modern genetic methodology. The understanding of genes, genomes and the molecular mechanisms key to life on Earth are all goals of evolutionary biology in the 21st century, yet its potential applications seem to be near limitless. Palaeontology and evolutionary biology continue to be closely related and both, with their deeply rooted origins, have been essential to our understanding of macroevolution (major evolutionary change over long periods of time) ever since the major development of the theory in the 19th century. In this episode, Prof. Erica Bree Rosenblum introduces us to this diverse and constantly evolving field. We cover fundamental questions such as: what are genes and genomes and why does understanding them matter; which evolutionary roles do environmental and genetic mechanisms play; and what ultimately causes the rise and fall of species. In order to better understand life on Earth, we show how evolutionary biology brings together the fields of genetics, biochemistry, ecology, palaeontology and more.

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In this episode of the BioAudio podcast I'm joined by Christian Nakla, a former student in my senior evolution class, someone who always had a good question for me. Now i'm flipping our roll and he's going to help explain how barriers to reproduction can lead to speciation. It's all about isolating barriers today on the BioAudio podcast. 

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References Infect Immun. 2021 Aug; 89(8): e00095-21. Eur J Immunol. 1992 Oct;22(10):2705-11 Progress in Lipid Researc 2015. hVolume 57, January Pages 13-39 Am J Physiol. 1999 Apr;276(4):C988-94. Beethoven, L. 1813, 08 December.: Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92. https://youtu.be/T7CjuvE8oFA?si=il248jF2v7njd-Jo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dr-daniel-j-guerra/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dr-daniel-j-guerra/support

Darwin's finches have long been considered an icon of evolution. A recent analysis included 40 years of morphological measurements and genealogy tracing among four finch species on a small island in the Galapagos chain. This was coupled to 30 years of DNA sampling, including the recent sequencing of nearly 4,000 finch genomes from the same small island. The results tell us a LOT about biblical views of speciation, natural selection, and 'change over time'. Notes and links: Carter R, Galápagos finches, rapid speciation, and recent creation, Creation.com, 9 Nov 2023. Wieland C, Speciation conference brings good news for creationists, J Creation 11(2):135–136, 1997. Kaloyirou N, The remarkable Captain Robert FitzRoy, Creation 40(1):14–17, 2017. Lightner JK, Identification of a large sparrow-finch monobaramin in perching birds (Aves: Passeriformes), J Creation 24(3):117–121, 2010. Enbody ED et al., Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin's finch evolution, Science 381(6665):eadf6218, 2023.

On this episode of Day Dramming Danny and I sample a variety of new brews to the set list at MBC. A Czech style pilsner from Transient, two from Off Color Brewing a Dark Honey Ale and there amber ale. We slam the Narragansett lager and enjoy the Underbru sour from Speciation. The best lineup to date on the Dram. Enjoy!

In the news pod: the WHO have recommended the Oxford Covid jab for use - we talk to someone who helped design it. We also speak with the scientist who questions whether the Fukushima wastewater disposal plans are as controversial as some would have us believe, and there's a round up of this year's Nobel prizes... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week's question involves the evolutionary process of speciation. James Tytko asked the University of Sheffield's Roger Butlin... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

So birds can fly, and as result they have spread themselves every corner of the world. And yet, despite this fact, very few individual species have managed to find a way to conquer the world on their own. Well, nearly none, because there are five birds, just five that have found their way onto every continent. These birds, the cosmopolitan birds make up an exclusive club. Join me in this episode to meet the five birds that have spread themselves around the world. Find out how they did, and why so few birds have managed the trick.To support Bird of the Week and gain access to our second podcast, What's up with that's Bird's Name? click on through to Patreon: www.patreon.com/birdoftheweekWant birds in your inbox? Drop me a line at weekly.bird@outlook.com and I'll hook you up with a free weekly bird.Notes: Biogeographic Realms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94Rth-aIkc&t=1164s&ab_channel=AtlasProPeregrine Falcon: https://ebird.org/species/perfal?siteLanguage=en_AUMigration: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/9834248-the-heck-s-migration Osprey: https://ebird.org/species/osprey?siteLanguage=en_AUGlossy Ibis: https://ebird.org/species/gloibi?siteLanguage=en_AUCattle Egret: https://ebird.org/species/categr/Barn Owl: https://ebird.org/species/brnowlOwls: How Gives a Hoot?: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/11822647-owls-who-gives-a-hootSpeciation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation

The Gaming Hut hosts part one in a series breaking down the various scenario structures, as inspired by Robin's new Kraken chapbook, Adventure Crucible. We start with a look at the dungeon and other area-based scenarios, finding its hidden and not-so hidden strengths. An anonymous patron beckons us into the History Hut for a look […]

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What is the speed of evolution and, apart from reproduction, what are the factors that affect this? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

“Patterns of millennia have prepared us for another world, another time, another era. At the same time, the virus pandemic, unlike any ever known in human history or pre-history, has confused our values, uprooted our traditions, and left us in a labyrinth of misdirection. Factors unique in human experience are all around us—the inevitable unfolding towards a planetary civilization, the rise of women to full partnership with men, the daily revolutions in technology, the media becoming the matrix of culture, and the revolution in the understanding of human and social capacities. The Zeit is getting Geisty as the old story itself is undergoing the sacred wound in order that it too grows and addresses the multiples of experience and complexity of life unknown to our great grandparents. We have become so full of holes that perhaps we are well on the way to becoming holy.”Jean Houston from her chapter contributed to the book Dawn of an Era of Well-BeingWe are certainly living in “interesting times” to quote the arch left-handed blessing from the Chinese. So what does that mean for us? Through the anxiety and tumult, perhaps we are finding our way to transformation to a better world, and there may be a light at the end of the tunnel of these interesting times. Fortunately there are people like our guests Jean Houston and Anneloes Smitsman to offer some guidance during this very complicated historical epoch, because we need to get it right. The world may seem to be in chaos, but this would not be the first time humanity has undergone cataclysmic circumstances and made giant strides forward; the Renaissance was proceeded by the Dark Ages is a notable example. But the stakes are higher this time. In today's conversation, Jean and Anneloes join Fred, Ervin, and Alison to analyze the situation and consider why we should feel optimistic in the midst of the uncertainty—and the steps we must collectively take to turn a breakdown into a breakthrough.Jean Houston, PhD, is an innovative scholar, futurist, and researcher in human capacities, social change, and systemic transformation. She is one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement and one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time. She has been a key player in the empowerment of women around the world, and was awarded the Synergy Superstar Award 2020 by the Source of Synergy Foundation for her exemplary work inspiring us to source our highest human capacities. A powerful and dynamic speaker, and renowned for her gifts as a mythic storyteller, Dr Houston holds conferences, seminars, and mentoring programs with leaders and change agents worldwide. She has worked intensively in over 40 cultures, lectured in over 100 countries, and worked with major organizations such as UNICEF, UNDP, and NASA, as well as helping global state leaders, leading educational institutions, business organizations, and millions of people to enhance and deepen their own uniqueness. She has authored nearly 34 published books and a great many unpublished books and manuscripts. Dr Houston is Chancellor of Meridian University and has served on the faculties of Columbia University, Hunter College, Marymount College, The New School for Social Research, and the University of California. Dr. Houston was also President of the American Association of Humanistic Psychology, and is presently the Chair of the United Palace of Spiritual Arts in New York City.Anneloes Smitsman, Ph.D., LLM, is a visionary scientist, bestselling author, futurist, system architect, and leadership catalyst for the transition to a thrivable civilization. She is Founder and CEO of EARTHwise Centre and a founding member of the Creative Board of the Laszlo Institute. She is the co-author of the “Future Humans Trilogy” series with Dr. Jean Houston, the lead author of the r3.0 Educational Transformation Blueprint, co-editor with Alexander Laszlo of The New Paradigm in Politics from the New Paradigm Symposia Series, and lead architect of the SEEDS Constitution. Her unique 138 transformation programs and practices have empowered thousands of people and organizations from around the world.

In this continuation of the look at speciation we began in the last episode, we will tackly some more "not so obvious" causes.   Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page of EvolutionTalk.com, or call your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy. For show notes and more, please visit https://EvolutionTalk.com

Since it's inception, evolutionary theory has remained controversial for many. Although one might think only uneducated laypeople find the idea unpalatable, quite a sizeable minority of scientists too struggle to come to terms with Darwinism. In today's episode, Will Barlow explores a number of major scientific objections to evolution, including the Cambrian explosion, mutations as an insufficient mechanism, irreducible complexity, and the fossil record itself. Additionally, he briefly explores the issue of abiogenesis--the presumed starting point for any evolutionary development. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdx6kuhRqQY&feature=emb_imp_woyt See below for notes. —— Links —— We are doing follow-up discussions to these episodes on YouTube. Check them out! See other episodes in this Scripture and Science Class Check out Barlow's previous podcast episodes Learn more about and support the church Barlow and his team are starting in Louisville, KY, called Compass Christian Church Find more articles and audios by Barlow on his website: Study Driven Faith Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here —— Notes —— Scientific Objections to Evolution • Evidence problems (open scientific questions)• Methodological problems• Evolution or design? Evidence Problems The theory of evolution has several major open problems that are yet to be solved: • The Cambrian Explosion• Mutations The Cambrian Explosion Much of the fossil record could be viewed in a light to support evolution, but the Cambrian Explosion poses a big problem: • The theory of evolution requires slow changes over a long time• Cambrian explosion was a big change in a short period of time Simply put, what is the Cambrian explosion? • Evolution would predict species would diverge and lead to new genera, families, orders, classes, and then phyla• Most animal phyla (and many major classes within them) appear fully formed in the Cambrian period “According to modern paleontologists James Valentine, Stanley Awramik, Philip Signor, and Peter Sadler, the appearance of the major animal phyla near the beginning of the Cambrian is ‘the single most spectacular phenomenon evident in the fossil record.'”— Jonathan Wells, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, page 16. Some scientists have suggested that pre-Cambrian organisms might be too delicate to make good fossils • Recent scientific discoveries have shown that this is untrue• Scientists have found fossils in the Cambrian period that are small and soft tissued Mutations Mutations are considered incredibly important to the evolutionary framework: • Recall that as populations are isolated and different conditions exist, random mutations lead to speciation (according to evolution)• Recent studies on mutation have challenged this understanding “Rather than mutations building up molecular machinery, improving an organism relentlessly, many mutations actually destroyed parts of a creature's DNA, or rendered some of the molecular machinery it coded for ineffective. It turns out that some of the mutations which break things can sometimes have a salutary effect.”— Michael Behe, “God and Evolution,” God is Great, God is Good, page 86. Mutations that break genes can have a positive effect. For example: • If a child receives the gene for sickle cell anemia from one parent and not the other, that child will experience more resistance to malaria Evolutionist Richard Lenski and his team observed a situation in bacteria where two successive mutations improved the survivability of the bacteria.However, there is one problem… “The first mutations to help were the breaking of genes. The bacteria rapidly lost the ability to make the sugar ribose (a component of RNA); for some reason that helped the mutant bacteria compete against non-mutants. A handful of other genes involved in metabolism were also deleted. Some bacteria had their ability to repair DNA badly damaged. Most bacteria lost the ability to metabolize the sugar maltose.” “The mutations were incoherent, scattered in different genes, with no recognizable theme among them. They were not in the process of building any new system in the cell. They simply took advantage of opportunities that helped them grow faster in their current milieu. This is what random mutation does, even when it ‘helps.'”— Michael Behe, “God and Evolution,” God is Great, God is Good, page 89. Methodological Problems The theory of evolution has many methodological problems: • Misleading Evidence for evolution• Irreducible complexity• The fossil record• Origin of life Misleading Evidence for Evolution Proponents of evolution have used several pieces of misleading information: • Haeckel's embryos• Miller's origin of life experiment Haeckel's Embryos If you look at many scientific textbooks, you will find a drawing of Haeckel's embryos.The problem is that they are fake! Miller's Experiment Stanley Miller conducted a series of experiments in 1953 to demonstrate that life could spontaneously arise: • Miller used an atmosphere of hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and water vapor — and life appeared!• However, that atmosphere is not the scientifically accepted atmosphere Irreducible Complexity “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.”— Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species Michael Behe (professor of biochemistry) believes that there are many examples that violate Darwin's principles.He calls these “irreducibly complex” things “machines.” An “irreducibly complex” system is “a single system which is composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, and where the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.”— Behe, Darwin's Black Box, page 39. Behe uses an example from modern life to explain what he means by an “irreducibly complex” system: a mousetrap.Can a mousetrap work without a hammer, spring, or platform? Behe give many examples in his book of systems that, from a biochemical perspective, are irreducibly complex: • Blood clotting• Bacterial flagellum Responses to Behe: • Collins says that most of Behe's examples may have plausible solutions in the future• Dawkins argues that there is not an “all or nothing” nature to certain examples Behe gives• Lenski's experiment showed that bacteria could see successive mutations (two-step machine) The Fossil Record What about the fossil record? It is perhaps the only place where we can scientifically observe speciation (the change in species over time).Jonathan Wells challenges the fossil record. Imagine that you dig in your backyard and find two skeletons! They are both dated to 30 years ago. One is adult sized and the other is half of that.Can you assume a familial relationship? We can apply this type of critical thinking to the fossil record. Just because two fossil specimens look like they are related does not make them related. Consider archaeopteryx. Is it half-bird, half-reptile? Does it fit in the gap that evolutionists want?It does not. The supposed reptilian precursors to this animal are found after it in the fossil record. “We are not even authorized to consider the exceptional case of the archaeopteryx as a true link. By link, we mean a necessary stage of transition between classes such as reptiles and birds, or between smaller groups. An animal displaying characters belonging to two different groups cannot be treated as a true link as long as the intermediary stages have not been found, and as long as the mechanisms of the transition remain unknown.”—Pierre Lecomte du Nouy, cited in Strobel, The Case for a Creator, page 58. Origin of Life Remember that evolution does not describe the origin of life — the theory begins when life begins.However, it is interesting to challenge abiogenesis theories in conjunction with evolution. Challenges to abiogenesis theories: • The probability of randomly producing a “simple” protein are astronomically low• No natural selection available before life begins Evolution or Design? What is the best conclusion given the evidence? • If we believe in evolution, it still could be consistent with God-designed life and guidance.• If we don't believe in evolution, there is strong evidence for design in the living beings around us.• Either way, atheism doesn't do the best job of explaining the evidence.

It's been awhile since we took a look at speciation and its causes.  In the first of two parts we'll jump right in with Allopatric speciation.   Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page of EvolutionTalk.com, or call your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy. For show notes and more, please visit https://EvolutionTalk.com

Having taken a short break from our Scripture & Science series, we are back. Today begins a series of three episodes exploring evolution. Whether you believe in evolution or not, it's important to understand what the theory claims and how evolutionists reason. In this episode, Will Barlow briefly explains how evolutionists explain the gradual change from one species to another. He dispels four common misconceptions and delves into the genetic insights popularized by Francis Collins who is both an evolutionist and a Christian. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi6QRlyfSE&feature=emb_imp_woyt See below for notes. —— Links —— We are doing follow-up discussions to these episodes on YouTube. Check them out! See other episodes in this Scripture and Science Class Check out Barlow's previous podcast episodes Learn more about and support the church Barlow and his team are starting in Louisville, KY, called Compass Christian Church Find more articles and audios by Barlow on his website: Study Driven Faith Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here —— Notes —— Biochemistry and Evolution • Common misconceptions with evolution• General framework of evolution• Modern evolutionary theory Common misconceptions with evolution Misconception #1: “It's just a theory!” • Often, opponents of evolution will state that it is a theory (and use that term pejoratively)• However, evolution does account for much of the scientific evidence and has made many successful predictions Definition of “theory”“A scheme or system of ideas or statements held as an explanation or account of a group of facts or phenomena; a hypothesis that has been confirmed or established by observation or experiment, and is propounded or accepted as accounting for the known facts; a statement of what are held to be the general laws, principles, or causes of something known or observed.”-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show of Earth, pg. 9 Common misconceptions with evolution Misconception #2: It means to explain how life began • Often, opponents of evolution attack the beginning of life problem• However, evolution does not attempt to account for the beginning of life; this is the theory of abiogenesis Misconception #3: Evolution says that humans evolved from apes • This is a vast over-simplification of the theory• Evolution teaches that all life came evolved from a single organism, so apes and humans share an ancestor Misconception #4: Evolution is a progression from simpler organisms to more complex organisms • This is another over-simplification of the theory• No particular animal alive is more advanced than any prior animal in history• Current animals are simply better suited to survive than their ancestors General framework of evolution Thought experiment: Millions of years ago, there's an animal named “tom” that is a mammal • At one point, there is one population of “toms”• However, some time later, the population splits in two due to a geographical issue (let's say a mountain pass)• On one side of the mountain, there is more rain• On the other side of the mountain, there is less rain and more heat• Since the populations have been split (and are not sharing genetic information), random mutations occur in each population• Since the environments are different, the random mutations that lead to “better” alternatives are different• Over time, these mutations build up into noticeable differences• Eventually, two new species emerge: “tom a” and “tom b”Predictions of evolution Successful prediction #1: Scientists have demonstrated that DNA is more advanced as life is more advanced • For example, human DNA is 96% similar to chimpanzee DNA• Yet the number of protein-encoding genes is roughly the same for all animals and plants! Genetic Complexity “Our complexity must arise not from the number of separate instruction packets, but from the way they are utilized.”-Francis Collins, The Language of God, pg. 137 Predictions of evolution The concept of the “tree of life” is another important prediction of evolution.We should expect to see intermediate species in the fossil record and the genetic record as we study the world around us. Support for the tree of life: • Transition between fish and amphibians — we can find fish that could walk and breathe oxygen• Genetic sequencing has mostly confirmed scientists' predictions, with a few surprises! “At the level of the genome as a whole, a computer can construct a tree of life based solely upon the similarities of the DNA sequences of multiple organisms…. Bear in mind that this analysis does not utilize any information from the fossil record, or from anatomical observations of current life forms. Yet its similarity to c biology, biochemistry, evolution, what is evolution?, do Christians believe in evolution?, can a Christian believe in evolution?, common misconceptions about evolution, evolutionary theory, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, ancestors, tree of life, Charles Darwin, speciation, macro evolution, micro evolution, predictions of evolution, DNA, chimpanzee, Francis Collins, The Language of God, fish, amphibians, junk DNA, human evolution, ancient repetitive elements, ARE, genetics, onclusions drawn from studies of comparative anatomy… is striking.” Successful prediction #2: Breeders and agriculture experts have demonstrated “micro-evolution” countless times. • Ex: dog breeds• Ex: Hybrid crops• Detractors of evolution sometimes say that micro-evolution is possible but “macro-evolution” is not• Francis Collins argues that the distinction is an artificial one Successful prediction #3: Accumulation of “junk DNA” • Darwin's theory predicts that mutations that do not affect function (located in “junk DNA”) will accumulate slowly over time• We see this, as well as “silent” differences in the genetic codeWhat about man? Does evolution successfully show that humans evolved? • Richard Dawkins demonstrates that the fossil record is full of so-called “missing” links• Perhaps even more powerful, Francis Collins gives evidence for human evolution from genetics What is Francis Collins' best piece of evidence? What happens when we compare the human genome to other animals' genomes?What about genes that appear to be non-functional in humans but functional in multiple species? Fact #1: Comparing human and mouse genomes • The overall size of the genome is roughly the same• The inventory of protein-encoding genes is remarkably similar• The order of genes is generally the same over substantial stretches of DNA• The existence of similar AREs (ancient repetitive elements) On AREs: “When one aligns sections of the human and mouse genomes, anchored by the appearance of gene counterparts that occur in the same order, one can usually also identify AREs in approximately the same location in these two genomes.” “The process of transposition often damages the jumping gene. There are AREs throughout the human and mouse genomes that were truncated when they landed, removing any possibility of their functioning. In many instances, one can identify a decapitated and utterly defunct ARE in parallel positions in the human and mouse genome.” Fact #2: Comparing human and chimpanzee chromosomal fusion “Recently… it has become possible to look at the precise location where this proposed chromosomal fusion must have happened…. But they are found right where evolution would have predicted, in the middle of our second fused chromosome.” Fact #3: Comparing human and chimpanzee genetic function • Caspase-12 is a functional gene in chimpanzees (and many other mammals, including mice)• The human version is found in the identical location as the chimp version, but lacks the function

A discussion about personality speciation in a highly specialized world---particularly among those who buck the trends.Dan Taxation is Theft Behrman: https://danforfreedom.com Stacia Wilson: https://2ndlook.news/author/stacia/ David Fite: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to Rounding the Earth on Substack: https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/Support us by checking out our sponsor page: https://roundingtheearth.substack.com...Follow us on all our platforms: Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1718605Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RoundingtheEarth:8YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2V...Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/RoundingtheEarthBitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/roun...Brighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/ro...Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/RoundEarth...Visit the Campfire Wiki: https://www.campfire.wiki/

Today we discuss how recycling used personal protective equipment can make stronger concrete, a rise in ADHD symptoms among male weightlifters who take steroids, and the battle of the sexes among male and female butterflies!PPE Concrete“PPE can be recycled to make stronger concrete” by Gosia Kaszubska and Will Wrighthttps://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2022/august/ppe-concrete“Recycled PPE could strengthen concrete” by The Engineerhttps://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/recycled-ppe-could-strengthen-concreteSteroid Use and ADHD “ADHD symptoms and use of anabolic androgenic steroids among male weightlifters” by Emilie Kildal, Bjørnar Hassel & Astrid Bjørnebekkhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12977-w#:~:text=AAS%20use%20among%20weightlifters%20is,drug%20prevention%20strategies%20in%20sports.“ADHD symptoms are more prevalent in male weightlifters who use steroids, study finds” by Patricia Y. Sanchezhttps://www.psypost.org/2022/08/adhd-symptoms-are-more-prevalent-in-male-weightlifters-who-use-steroids-study-finds-63795Butterfly Chastity“In butterfly battle of sexes, males deploy ‘chastity belts' but females fight back” by Halle Marchese and Natalie van Hoosehttps://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/male-butterflies-deploy-chastity-belts/“Is Sexual Conflict a Driver of Speciation? A Case Study With a Tribe of Brush-footed Butterflies” by Ana Paula S Carvalho, Ryan A St Laurent, Emmanuel F A Toussaint, Caroline Storer, Kelly M Dexter, Kwaku Aduse-Poku, and Akito Y Kawaharahttps://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/70/3/413/5901062?login=false“Ruff Sex: A Chastity Belt for Dogs” by Buck Wolfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110410200915/http://www.aolnews.com/2010/02/08/ruff-sex-a-chastity-belt-for-dogs/Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ppe-concrete-steroid-use-and-adhd-butterfly-chastity

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/4vqYJIyBis0 This episode has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org/. Nick Lane is a British biochemist, writer, and professor in evolutionary biochemistry at University College London. Sponsors:  - Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off New TOE Website (early access to episodes): https://theoriesofeverything.org/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeveryt... LINKS MENTIONED: - Physics Contest: https://youtu.be/V93GQaDtv8w - Nick Lane's current book (Transformer): https://amzn.to/3QJ7ZyG - Nick Lane's former book (The Vital Question): https://amzn.to/3RDoihU - John Vervaeke: https://youtu.be/3p8o3-7mvQc TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:45 Genes don't create life 00:07:34 Is the origins of life a physics question or biology question? 00:10:23 Synthetic chemistry 00:14:37 What is a "Pathway" 00:18:27 Life is about energy -- NOT information 00:22:04 The definition of life. Life is a spectrum. 00:27:54 TOE takes a biological turn (why biology is difficult) 00:31:35 21st century biology will be the study of "fields" 00:42:01 Mitochondria are vital for consciousness 00:45:23 Multiple overlapping consciousnesses 00:56:40 Turin and quantum consciousness 00:59:04 Mechanisms for ESP (extra sensory perception) 01:05:48 Problems with Occam's Razor and God 01:25:06 Are cities alive? Is the world alive? 01:32:28 Life on other planets (alien life) 01:37:46 The size of bacteria indicate limitations on life in the universe 01:44:34 Speciation (how species develop) and Mother's Curse 01:58:07 The cell imitates the planet 02:04:04 Scientists don't like to ask "why"... Why? 02:06:41 Groundbreaking research is difficult to do in the Academy 02:20:46 [Karl Friston] Explanation for phenotypic diversity? 02:31:22 [RH0D3Z] Respirasomes and Supercomplexes 02:37:50 Ending poem by Richard Howard 02:39:21 Ending announcements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary: What's that bird you ask? It looks sorta like a Rose-breasted Grosbeak but not. Maybe it's a hybrid! Join Cheryl and Kiersten as they give you a short tutorial on bird hybridization in the wild. Show Notes:  https://www.audubon.org/news/the-amazing-wold-hybrid-birds https://www.allaboutbirds.org “A Deep Dive into the Oriole Genome Tackles the Mystery of Hybridization” by Rebecca Heisman “Analysis: Hybrid Birds are Supercolliders of Speciation” by Irby Lovette “One Species or Two? A Winner Emerges in the Great Oriole Debate” by Pat Leonard and Marc Devokaittis   We are no longer sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited, Mesa but through personal experience we highly recommend their products. 

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Dr Rob is at Liberty University for the annual summer conference of the Creation Research Society. He shares the highlights and an encouraging message for the future of creation research. Notes and links: Join the Creation Research Society! Article: Species were designed to change, part 1, How much change is allowed? (follow the links for parts 2 and 3) Video: Species were designed to change, part 1: God Deliberately Engineered Life to Change, but How Much Change is Allowed? Video: Species were designed to change, part 2: Speciation and the Limits of Change Video: Species were designed to change, part 3: Classifying the Created Kinds Leads to Fascinating Results Video: Species were designed to change, part 4: The Amazing Braided Baramin Concept is Intrinsic to Creation Cserhati and Tay, Comparison of morphology-based and genomics-based baraminology methods, J Creation 33(3):49-54, 2019. You should attend the International Conference on Creationism at Cedarville University in July, 2023

Episode 479. Topic: Speciation. Theme: Population genetics.Why is it difficult to assign species labels to salamanders? What does this mean for the definition of "speciation"? How do we define human species? What thresholds generally prevent species convergence?Twitter: @3minutelesson  Email: 3minutelesson@gmail.com  Instagram: 3minutelesson  Facebook: 3minutelesson  New episode every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday! Find us everywhere podcasts are found. 

Support the scientific revolution with a monthly donation: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB What will the world look like when humans step into technological maturity and take evolution into their own hands? Philosopher and transhumanist David Pearce believes that this is an inevitable step in human development, and that we must turn our attention to the most noble cause imaginable - the alleviation of unnecessary suffering. But just because we can, does that mean we should? Further Reading (affiliate links): David Pearce's Can Biotech Abolish Suffering?: https://amzn.to/3cECfwz Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence: https://amzn.to/3csFdnC Benjamin Todd's 80,000 Hours: https://amzn.to/3POefFx Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save: https://amzn.to/3czDJIm Humans v. Transhumans #transhumanism #stoicism #evolution Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying microbial communication at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting and exploring the woods. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/demystifying-science/support

We bring on media mogul King Kat to talk about Aliens, UFO's and Fallen Angel technology. When he's not directly engaging with folks on Instagram about the deceptions all around us, he's pondering the complexity of the Genesis 6 narrative. How can we make sense of the complex technological aspect of the UFO phenomenon? Everyone wakes up to the invisible realm around us in a unique way. Is the church prepared for the coming Alien disclosure? We had a great conversation with King Kat about all the blurry things happening in our world right now. Tune in! Guest: King Kat 2.0 Support the show! www.blurrycreatures.com/members Socials instagram.com/blurrycreatures facebook.com/blurrycreatures twitter.com/blurrycreatures Music Kyle Monroe: tinytaperoom.com Aaron Green: https://www.instagram.com/aaronkgreen Outro Song: On The Run timecop1983.com

Hosts Phil Hawkins and Azaii Calderon Muniz dive into the concept of evolution and how it relates to the MCAT. In this episode, you will learn, what you should know about evolution for the MCAT, how you may be tested on the MCAT, and the key concepts that you should know. Key terms for this topic include Convergent Evolution, Analylugus Evolution, Homologous Evolution, and Coevolution. Plus learn how avocados are completely dependent on humans to survive, how feathers decrease survivability, but increase reproduction, and how a species of flying squirrel reflects florescent pink. 0:00 Intro 1:37 Darwinian Fitness 3:12 Fisherian Selection 7:01 Sexual Dimorphism 10:08 External Pressures of Reproduction 15:40 Speciation 19:22 Convergent Evolution 24:27 Analogous Evolution 26:00 Homologous Evolution 28:30 Coevolutuion 38:19 Evolution and the MCAT About Jack Westin: The team at Jack Westin is dedicated to a single goal: Giving students the highest quality learning resources. Jack Westin understand that students can't crush the MCAT without the perfect blend of critical thinking and fundamental science knowledge. To this end, Jack Westin is dedicated to providing students with cutting edge comprehensive tools, courses, and practice materials. The Jack Westin MCAT science and CARS courses, taught by the world's best and most engaging MCAT instructors, are designed to do more than just teach students the MCAT—it supercharges studying and encourages lifelong learning. Want to learn more? Shoot us a text at 415-805-6292 Free Resources: https://jackwestin.com Live Education Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions Courses: https://jackwestin.com/courses Tutoring: https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring Follow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com

In this episode, we cover three myths that people often have about biblical biology. What are species? What are created kinds? Did God create all species as we see today, and did those species stay in the same general location after they were originally created? And did God only created two of each kind of animal at the beginning? This episode features Dr Robert Carter and Joel Tay. Creation.com Talk is produced by Joseph Darnell out of the CMI-USA studios. Become a monthly contributor at our donate page (https://creation.com/donate). Share your thoughts in the comments and share the video with your friends! Links and Show Notes How much change is allowed? Speciation and the limits of change The tangled web of (intrabaraminic) life Helpful Resources Evolution's Blunders, Frauds and Forgeries Genetic Entropy Evolution Impossible Social Media ► Facebook https://facebook.com/creationministries ► Instagram https://instagram.com/creationministries ► Twitter https://twitter.com/creationnews ► eNewsletter https://creation.com/infobytes Photo by 卡晨 on Unsplash Thanks for listening to Creation.com Talk!

On this ID The Future from the vault, Zombie Science author and biologist Jonathan Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin's finches, an icon of evolution that just won't stay buried. Seventeen years after Wells' book Icons of Evolution, a thorn in the side of Darwinists, Darwin's finches are back in the news and can still be found in biology textbooks despite the fact that, as Wells explains, they illustrate no net evolutionary change nor did they play a role in helping Darwin formulate his theory. As Wells' Zombie Science book title suggests, the finch-beak icon has been killed by the facts, but like a zombie, it just keeps coming. Source

On this ID the Future from the vault, paleontologist Günter Bechly and host Andrew McDiarmid discuss Bechly's article “Ape-Man Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism.” Bechly touches on the oldest australopithecine fossil skull ever found, from 3.8 million years ago. The researchers behind the find are confident of its age but puzzled because the discovery undercuts one of the best examples of alleged gradual transition between two hominid species, and it also doesn't fit well with common theories of phylogenetic relationship. The evidence poses a significant problem for the Darwinian mechanistic paradigm, but can be readily explained with an intelligent design approach. Source

On this episode of Eclipse on Tap, we record alongside Mitch and Ward from Speciation Artisan Ales on-site at the taproom! It was a blast sitting down to hear about their recent 5 year anniversary party, talk about space news, ponder about aliens, and drink some fantastic Speciation beers. Oh, and don't forget Underberg! Be sure to give us a follow on our social media pages at @eclipseontap and check out our website at www.eclipseontap.space [Episode recorded live at Speciation Artisan Ales in Grand Rapids, MI. Produced by Matt Deighton]

Today, Deflate finishes up with his series on the basics of intelligent design...in which he doesn't even bring up intelligent design.Sources:Evolution: Library: Punctuated Equilibrium: https://to.pbs.org/3GltLUQPunctuated equilibrium is dead; long live the Modern Synthesis: https://bit.ly/3GnkpYPAllopatric Speciation - an overview: https://bit.ly/33sRbt6Phenotypic and Genomic Evolution during a 20,000‐Generation Experiment with the Bacterium Escherichia coli: http://bit.ly/2PJubfKInaugural Article: Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli: http://bit.ly/39r7YuDEvolution at different scales: micro to macro: https://bit.ly/3GhTCNBMicroevolution vs Macroevolution: Similiarities & Differences: https://bit.ly/3thIrk9Roles of Mutation and Selection in Speciation: https://bit.ly/3tiEOujReinterpretation of Yunnanozoon as the earliest known hemichordate: https://go.nature.com/3fhLOQ3Cambrian Primitive Chordate Fossil: https://bit.ly/3rfBzkCOriginal Video: https://bit.ly/3FiwJZ9Cards:Basics of Intelligent Design Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLbOEx_k9dkdXCyZrNtDleVXBDbrQ_NDwAll my various links can be found here:http://links.vicedrhino.com

God's Word says that animals were created to reproduce ‘after their kind' (not to evolve into other kinds over millions of years). But what is a ‘kind'? If new species are being produced, does that support creation or evolution? Are the ‘kinds' mentioned in Genesis the same as today's species? Find out!

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My AP Biology ThoughtsEpisode #9Welcome to My AP Biology Thoughts podcast, my name is Adrienne and I am your host for episode 9 called Unit 7 Evolution: Allopatric vs. Sympatric Speciation. Today we will be discussing the differences between allopatric and sympatric speciation and I will provide examples for each. Segment 1: Introduction to Allopatric & Sympatric SpeciationSpeciation: formation of a new species, occurs when a group of organisms isn't capable of interbreeding and producing viable offspring anymore Allopatric speciation: occurs through geographical isolation like a physical geographic barrier Sympatric speciation: occurs without a geographical barrier Driven by other factors: habitat differentiation and sexual selection.  Segment 2: Example of Allopatric & Sympatric SpeciationAllopatric speciation Ex. Isthmus of Panama: narrow strip of land that causes a geographical barrier between Caribbean sea and Pacific ocean Two species of porkfish have emerged  Sympatric speciation: 2 types (prezygotic and postzygotic barriers)Prezygotic barriers: before the sperm and egg Habitat: different times of year organisms reproduce Ex. 2 related frog species, Rona aurora breeds earlier in the year than Roma poyilil making them unavailable for each other  Behavioral: set of certain behaviors that must be executed to reproduce Ex. New Birds of Paradise and Birds of Paradise have different courtship characteristics Mechanical: the sexual parts must fit like a “lock” and “key” Ex. 20 different species of Bush Babies, different sexual parts won't fit and allow reproduction Gametic isolation: if the gametes are incompatible, the organisms won't reproduce Ex. Cells of red and purple sea urchins are genetically incompatible, fertilization is impossible Postzygotic barrier: after sperm and egg Inviability: organism dies before reproduction Infertility: organisms can't form gametes Breakdown: F2 generation doesn't sexually develop properly Ex. Horses and donkeys produce a mule but it cannot reproduce due to hybridization problems Segment 3: Digging Deeper Allopatric & Sympatric SpeciationConnect to evolution: speciation is a mechanism of evolution, different species emerge because they are not able to mate and reproduce with each other  Ties into evolution because evolution is the change in allelic frequencies over time  Speciation occurs when the gene flow between populations of organisms is stopped Populations diverge over time  Allopatric speciation: different geographic regions have different selective pressures which leads to changes in the gene pool Sympatric speciation: factors such as polyploidy and sexual selection leads to different allelic frequencies Influence certain organisms with certain characteristics and behaviors to mate with each  Thank you for listening to this episode of My AP Biology Thoughts. For more student-ran podcasts, make sure that you visithttp://www.hvspn.com/ ( www.hvspn.com). Thanks for listening!  Music Credits: "Ice Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts   Stitcher   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg (YouTube) Connect with us on Social Media Twitter https://twitter.com/thehvspn (@thehvspn)

My AP Biology ThoughtsEpisode #14Welcome to My AP Biology Thoughts podcast, my name is Corrinna and I am your host for episode 14 called Unit 7 Evolution: Convergent and Divergent Evolution.  Today we will be discussing the differences between convergent and divergent evolution. Segment 1: Introduction to Convergent and Divergent EvolutionConvergent and divergent evolution are different types of evolution, and there are many examples of each. Convergent evolution is when two unrelated species evolve to have analogous structures due to similar natural pressures in their respective environments. Analogous structures are structures that have similar functions in unrelated organisms. Because convergent evolution takes place due to similar pressures in different environments, it makes sense that it produces analogous structures since these structures have similar functions. Speciation is when distinct species evolve during the course of evolution. Divergent evolution is a type of speciation. Divergent evolution is when different species evolve from a common ancestor, which is a result of the original group developing differences in reaction to different pressures in their environments. Divergent evolution produces homologous structures, which are structures in different organisms that serve different purposes but have similar structures, which suggest a common ancestor.  Segment 2: Examples of Convergent and Divergent EvolutionThere are many examples of both convergent and divergent evolution. One example of convergent evolution is the evolution of wings in both birds and bats. Although birds and bats did not originate from the same common ancestor, the structure of both wings are supported by a modified five-fingered limb. Birds and bats show convergent evolution because their similar structures were developed as a result of similar environmental pressures rather than a common ancestor. Another example of convergent evolution are placental mammals and marsupials. Placental mammals, which live in Europe, Africa, and America, undergo gestation in their mother's uterus and are born fairly advanced, while marsupials are born immature but develop in their mother's pouches. Marsupials live in Australia. Because each group developed similar analogous structures because of similar habitats and feeding patterns, placental mammals and marsupials show convergent evolution. It is clear that these groups didn't have a common ancestor because they give birth in different ways, but environmental pressures allowed them to develop similar structures.  One example of divergent evolution is the different kind of finches that Darwin discovered on the Galapagos islands. Finches on different islands had developed different beak structures due to different food sources. For example, Finches that ate insects had longer and thinner beaks than finches who ate seeds, who had short and thick beaks. These finches all evolved from the same common ancestor, but developed specific beak structures due to different environmental pressures. The finches eventually evolved enough that they became different species. Another example of divergent evolution is the evolution of primates. All primates evolved from a single ancestor which lived around 65 million years ago, when the continents were mostly connected. As the continents split and primates moved to different environments, they evolved to develop traits that would be beneficial in those environments.  Segment 3: Connections to EvolutionConvergent and divergent evolution both prove evolution and natural selection. Convergent evolution shows that similar environments can produce similar structures, which shows that these structures were the most fit in those specific environments. Divergent evolution shows natural selection because it proves that species can adapt to their environments. Since speciation occurs with divergent evolution,  it shows that different traits become...

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Jerry A. Coyne is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago. He received a B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary and a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology at Harvard University. After a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of California at Davis, he took his first academic position as assistant professor in the Department of Zoology at The University of Maryland. In 1996 he joined the faculty of The University of Chicago and has been there ever since. Coyne’s work has been largely concerned with the genetics of species differences, aimed at understanding the evolutionary processes that produce new species. He has written 115 scientific papers and more than 130 popular articles, book reviews, and columns, as well as a scholarly book about his research area—Speciation, co-authored with H. Allen Orr—and a trade book about the evidence for evolution—Why Evolution is True, which was a New York Times bestseller. His most recent book is Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible. Coyne is a contributor The New York Times, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Nation, USA Today, and other popular periodicals.Many people are confused about science—about what it is, how it is practiced, and why it is the most powerful method for understanding ourselves and the universe that our species has ever devised. In Faith vs. Fact, Coyne has written a wonderful primer on what it means to think scientifically, showing that the honest doubts of science are better—and more noble—than the false certainties of religion. This is a profound and lovely book. It should be required reading at every college on earth.—Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, and Waking Up The distinguished geneticist Jerry Coyne trains his formidable intellectual firepower on religious faith, and it’s hard to see how any reasonable person can resist the conclusions of his superbly argued book. Though religion will live on in the minds of the unlettered, in educated circles faith is entering its death throes. Symptomatic of its terminal desperation are the ‘apophatic’ pretensions of ‘sophisticated theologians,’ for whose empty obscurantism Coyne reserves his most devastating sallies. Read this book and recommend it to two friends.—Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion The truth is not always halfway between two extremes: some propositions are flat wrong. In this timely and important book, Jerry Coyne expertly exposes the incoherence of the increasingly popular belief that you can have it both ways: that God (or something God-ish, God-like, or God-oid) sort-of exists; that miracles kind-of happen; and that the truthiness of dogma is somewhat-a-little-bit-more-or-less-who’s-to-say-it-isn’t like the truths of science and reason.—Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author of The Better Angels of Our Nature

Dr. Elizabeth Stacy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. She received her Masters degree in Botany from the University of Georgia and her PhD in Biology from Boston University. She then completed postdoctoral research at Concordia University in Canada before joining the faculty at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Elizabeth is with us today to tell us all about her journey through life and science.