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Central American Songbird Provides Confirmation of Intelligent Design
AP | 3/31/2005 | AP

Posted on 04/01/2006 10:50:28 AM PST by Condorman

Central American Songbird Provides Confirmation of Intelligent Design

Lincoln, NE (AP) - Researchers at the University of Nebraska have, for the first time, confirmed a prediction of the controversial theory known as intelligent design, or ID.  The unexpected discovery was made by Paavamanti Ashook and Jessica Aylesworth, two graduate students working under the direction of Dr. Peter Harl, a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska, while they were sequencing a section of the genetic code for the turquoise-browed motmot, Eumomota superciliosa, a Central American songbird.

The Turquiose-browed Motmot of Central America may provide the first confirmation of Intelligent Design
Turquoise-browed Motmot

During the relatively routine procedure, the research team uncovered a gene in the turquoise-browed motmot that does not appear in any of its nearest relatives.  “It came as a complete surprise,” said Aylesworth, “when we showed Dr. Harl he went to the lab and reran the sequence himself.”

 “What we found is a gene with no evolutionary precursor,” said Dr. Harl. “There is no homologous gene in any other species of motmot. There's nothing like it in any other kingfisher that we can tell.  It looks like someone stuck in an extra gene in the middle of the genome when no one was looking.  At this point, the theory of evolution cannot provide a satisfactory answer.  ID provides an explanation that works.”

ID is the scientific theory that evolution was guided is some way by an intelligent force, and was the subject of a controversial court ruling in Dover, PA last December in which the school board was forbidden from mandating ID as part of the science curriculum.  Although the theory refuses to identify the designer, many adherents claim that the designer is God.  According to one interpretation of the theory, some animals will contain certain features without a direct evolutionary pathway, as if the designer inserted or deleted a component of the species independent of the commonly accepted forces of natural selection.

“We will need to do more research,” Ashook said, “In the meantime, this definitely causes problems for evolution. But as a scientist I have to choice but to follow the evidence.”

The team’s results will be published in the next issue of the journal The Natural World.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: aprilfirst; aprilfool; crevo; evolution; gotcha; intelligentdesign; nolink; notongooglenews
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To: MineralMan
Could be an April Fool's thingie, I guess.

And from the University of Nebraska. Man, that's funny.

81 posted on 04/01/2006 3:26:14 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be watching. - H L Mencken)
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To: Ichneumon

It's an April Fools joke.


82 posted on 04/01/2006 3:28:04 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: Condorman
Glad to see you're still here. Hope it's still true on April 2.
83 posted on 04/01/2006 3:29:09 PM PST by VadeRetro (I have the updated "Your brain on creationism" on my homepage.)
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To: A knight without armor

Thanks for the link. Beautiful bird.


84 posted on 04/01/2006 3:50:14 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (My Pug is On Her War Footing)
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To: Tribune7
Condorman is posting a evo-skeptic story.

And using AP as his source which is a source I always trust....

85 posted on 04/01/2006 4:02:02 PM PST by AndrewC (Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)
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To: AndrewC
And using AP as his source which is a source I always trust....

LOL :-)

86 posted on 04/01/2006 4:03:02 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: Dimensio; Senator Bedfellow; Coyoteman

Passed out and hung over again?

Each should worship in their own way. I believe there are many stories about how different cultures have chosen to worship the ID'er.

87 posted on 04/01/2006 4:06:46 PM PST by ml1954 (NOT the disruptive troll seen frequently on CREVO threads.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Yes, the evidence is difficult to deny.

Do you realize how much new grant money this will generate PH?

Think of it, the signature of the designer right in this DNA. There should be some incredible new discoveries based on this.

88 posted on 04/01/2006 4:35:42 PM PST by narby
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To: Senator Bedfellow
" A little confession, a little penance, and I'm good to go.

But 'where' is the question. You might want to try the other door; I hear that they're taking cases like yours - No questions asked! :o)

89 posted on 04/01/2006 4:41:47 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: AndrewC; Aetius; Alamo-Girl; Asphalt; Aussie Dasher; Baraonda; BereanBrain; betty boop; bondserv; ..

What's a laugh here is that they act like it's the first time.


90 posted on 04/01/2006 4:44:17 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: Virginia-American
"In the picture, the motmot looks more like a kingfisher."

Motmot is a kingfisher.

91 posted on 04/01/2006 4:46:18 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: Condorman

Interesting. But hardly "proof".


92 posted on 04/01/2006 4:48:29 PM PST by curmudgeonII (One man...and the Lord...are a majority.)
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To: curmudgeonII

"Interesting. But hardly "proof"."

This gene didn't *poof* out of thin air. It had to have been designed.


93 posted on 04/01/2006 4:54:18 PM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: editor-surveyor
What's a laugh here is that they act like it's the first time.

No-kin-to-monkeys is brought to mind except that he was not trotted out on April fools day.

94 posted on 04/01/2006 4:55:00 PM PST by AndrewC (Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)
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To: CarolinaGuitarman
{"This gene didn't *poof* out of thin air. It had to have been designed."

OK, I get it, Designer Genes!

95 posted on 04/01/2006 4:56:25 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: editor-surveyor

" OK, I get it, Designer Genes!"

Heathen.


96 posted on 04/01/2006 5:00:26 PM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: PatrickHenry

I knew this would happen for one day!


97 posted on 04/01/2006 5:18:07 PM PST by bondserv (God governs our universe and has seen fit to offer us a pardon. †)
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To: MineralMan
"Proof is really hard to come by."

OK. Here we go again.

"You want PROOF of evolution? PROOF? HUH? What is 'proof'? Let's not argue semantics here, OK? Proof is just a word. Proof doesn't mean a thing. We can't know for certain that '2+2=4' when we balance our checkbooks. If I write a program in 'C' I can say '2+2=bananas'. PROOF! HAHAHAHAHAHA. (scoff) Proof is for radical extremists who don't believe in science ..."

blah blah blah blah blah

98 posted on 04/01/2006 6:20:28 PM PST by manwiththehands (I will remember in November.)
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To: manwiththehands

""You want PROOF of evolution? PROOF? HUH? What is 'proof'? Let's not argue semantics here, OK? Proof is just a word. Proof doesn't mean a thing."

Proof is real. But not in science.


99 posted on 04/01/2006 6:30:15 PM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: editor-surveyor
What's a laugh here is that they act like it's the first time.

On the contrary. I have observed many April Fools joke articles written prior to this one.
100 posted on 04/01/2006 7:17:02 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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