No gradual biochemical evolution models have been published
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Claim
Professional literature is silent on the subject of the evolution of biochemical systems.
Source
- Behe, Michael, 1996. Darwin's Black Box, The Free Press, New York, pg. 68, 72, 97, 114, 115-116, 138, 185-186.
Responses
- The claim is blatantly false. The gradual evolutionary models of numerous biochemical systems, such as the blood clotting cascade in vertebrates, the development of prokaryotic and eukaryotic flagella, the comparison of echinoderm and vertebrate immune systems, and the "antifreeze" of Antarctic icefish have been discovered and thoroughly documented.
- Conversely, there has been absolutely no scientific literature published by Intelligent Design Proponents detailing Intelligent Design explanations of any biochemical systems at all. In other words, to paraphrase Behe, "Professional literature is silent on the subject of the Intelligent Design of biochemical systems."
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Fallacies contained in this claim
- Exclusion (claimant excludes existing articles)
See For Yourself
- You can do a search of biological and medical research yourself at PubMed ( [1]). Try keywords such as "flagella" and "evolution".
See also
References
- Ussery, David, 1999. A biochemist's response to "The biochemical challenge to evolution". Bios 70:40-45 (July 1999). [2]
- Gilchrist, George W., 1997 (May/Jun). The elusive scientific basis of intelligent design theory. Reports of the National Center for Science Education 17(3): 14-15. [3]
Further Reading
- Li, Wen-Hsiung, 1997. Molecular Evolution. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA.
- Catalano, John (ed.), 1998. Publish or perish: Some published works on biochemical evolution. [4]
