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Title Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Science Blogs Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 29/08/09 Description Trevor Lithgow said the breakthrough, funded by the Australian Research Council and published recently in the prestigious journal PNAS, provides a blueprint for a general understanding of the evolution of the “machinery” of our cells.
“Our cells, and the cells of all organisms, are composed of molecular machines. These machines are built of component parts, each of which contributes a partial function or structural element to the machine. How such sophisticated, multi-component machines could evolve has been somewhat mysterious, and highly controversial.” Professor Lithgow said.
A non-Darwinian explanation, from believers of Intelligent Design, proposed these complex machines to be “irreducibly complex”. In other words they are so neatly complex and complete that they couldn’t have evolved but rather must have been designed by an intelligent entity.
“Our research shows that these machines although complete and complex, were a result of evolution.
Simple ”core” machines were established in the first eukaryotes by drawing on pre-existing proteins that had previously provided distinct, simplistic functions. They therefore stand as proof that Darwin’s theory of evolution breaks down at the molecular level,” Professor Lithgow said.URL scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/29/intelligent-design-vs-evolutio/ Persons Nermin Celik
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Title Happy Birthday Charles Darwin: Evolution Explained and Defended Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Daily Kos Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 13/02/11 URL https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/2/12/943053/- Persons Nermin Celik Title Cells prove Darwin's theory Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Sciencealert Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 14/09/09 Description istock_cells-human.jpg
People have argued that the molecular
machinery of the cell is too complex to
have evolved, but the research provides
evidence to support Darwin's theory.
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An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Monash University's Professor Trevor Lithgow said the breakthrough, funded by the Australian Research Council and published recently in the prestigious journal PNAS, provides a blueprint for a general understanding of the evolution of the "machinery" of our cells.URL https://www.sciencealert.com/cells-prove-darwins-theory Persons Trevor Lithgow Title Molecular Evidence Supports Key Tenet Of Darwin's Evolution Theory Degree of recognition International Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 15/08/09 Description An international team of researchers has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution. As a model system, the research focused on one specific molecular machine, the TIM complex, which transports proteins into mitochondria. URL https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914111102.htm Persons Andrew Perry, Nermin Celik Title Darwin's "Molecular Machines" : New Proof of Evolution at Cellular Level Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The daily galaxy Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 15/08/09 Persons Nermin Celik Title Evolution still scientifically stable Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Phys Org Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 14/08/09 Description
Monash University's Professor Trevor Lithgow said the breakthrough, funded by the Australian Research Council and published recently in the prestigious journal PNAS, provides a blueprint for a general understanding of the evolution of the "machinery" of our cells.
"Our cells, and the cells of all organisms, are composed of molecular machines. These machines are built of component parts, each of which contributes a partial function or structural element to the machine. How such sophisticated, multi-component machines could evolve has been somewhat mysterious, and highly controversial."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2009-09-evolution-scientifically-stable.html#jCpURL https://phys.org/news/2009-09-evolution-scientifically-stable.html Persons Nermin Celik, Richard A Strugnell, Andrew Perry