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Date March 15, 2017
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Paul Nelson on Orphan Genes and Evolution
Paul Nelson
March 15, 2017
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Episode 996
Guest(s) Paul Nelson
Duration 00:17:39 Download Audio File (16.2 mb)
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On this episode of ID the Future , Brian Miller interviews Paul Nelson about orphan genes. What are these genes? How common are they? What is the pan-genome? And how does all this impact the evolution-intelligent design debate? Nelson argues that these little orphans spell big trouble for Neo-Darwinism.
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute Senior Fellow , Center for Science and CulturePaul A. Nelson is currently a Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture and Adjunct Professor in the Master of Arts Program in Science & Religion at Biola University. He is a philosopher of biology who has been involved in the intelligent design debate internationally for three decades. His grandfather, Byron C. Nelson (1893-1972), a theologian and author, was an influential mid-20th century dissenter from Darwinian evolution. After Paul received his B.A. in philosophy with a minor in evolutionary biology from the University of Pittsburgh, he entered the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. (1998) in the philosophy of biology and evolutionary theory.
