Category Archives: The Fossil Record

Evolution and the Creativity of God

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Chapter 7 of God and the Cosmos: Divine Activity in Space, Time and History by Harry Lee Poe and Jimmy H. Davis is titled simply God and Life. Harry Lee Poe is the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture … Continue reading →

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What’s for Dinner?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

This is Thanksgiving in the US – time for something light, nothing too involved. Scot has posts up – or coming up – about food … Turkey of course. But fowl fare is nothing new. In the name of science … Continue reading →

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Tiktaalik roseae revisited

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

A couple of years ago I posted on the discovery of Tiktaalik roseae. At the time the fossil was found there were fish-like fossils dating from ca 380 mya (million years ago) and the earliest tetrapod fossil at ca. 365 … Continue reading →

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Missing Links?

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

One of the common arguments brought up to cast doubt on the theory of evolution is the absence or paucity of transitional forms in the fossil record. After all, if there is a slow transition in the evolution of the … Continue reading →

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The Human Fossil Record

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

We’ve been working through Denis O. Lamoureux’s book Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution – a book that describes a way to move beyond the creation and evolutions debates. We will continue with this book next week, but classes … Continue reading →

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Signature in the Cell 3 – More on Historical Questions

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

Stephen C. Meyer has published a (very long, but readable) book, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, outlining his argument in favor of intelligent design. This book essentially argues that life is very complex, the … Continue reading →

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Evolution’s Place? 1

Posted on August 13, 2009 by

What place can evolution have in a world created by a personal God? The Darwinian paradigm of random mutation and natural selection seems to suggest that the development of life in the universe and sentient beings on our planet is … Continue reading →

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Tiktaalik roseae and Friends

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

Nay, fly to Altars; there they’ll talk you dead; For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. The Fool referred to by Alexander Pope was the literary critic of his day. Fear not – I intend no literary criticism. … Continue reading →

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