Jonathon Wells, Ph.D.
Jonathon Wells, Ph.D.
Molecular Cell Biologist

University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science – Geology, Physics, Minor in Biology
Ph.D. – Molecular and Cell Biology
Postdoctoral Research – Biology
Unification Theological Seminary
Masters in Religious Education (1978)
Board of Trustees ( -1997)
Yale University (1986)
Ph.D. – Religious Studies
International Religious Foundation
Director
Discovery Institute
Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Culture
International Society for Complexity, Information and Design
Fellow
Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness (IDEA) Center
Advisory Board Member
Common Ancestry on Trial
Common Ancestry
on Trial
I focused on the mechanism of evolution-specifically, the neo-Darwinian mechanism of natural selection acting on random genetic mutations. I found that evidence for selection, with a few highly questionable exceptions, was limited to minor changes within existing species. I learned that genetic mutations are almost always harmful… I found absolutely no evidence that genetic mutations can produce beneficial changes in anatomy, of the sort needed by evolutionary theory. Nor did I find evidence that mutations (any more than selection) could produce a new species.1
For Darwinists, “empiricism is not the primary value at stake. The more important priority is to maintain the naturalistic worldview.”2
No one has ever seen descent with modification produce a new species. So, as a description of the origin of new species, descent with modification from a common ancestor is not a fact.3
- William Dembski, Darwin’s Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement (IVP Academic, 2006) 165.
- William Dembski, Darwin’s Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement (IVP Academic, 2006) 170
- William Dembski, Darwin’s Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement (IVP Academic, 2006) 171
Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
Author: Jonathon Wells
Paperback: 338 pages
Publisher: Regnery Publishing; First Edition, First Trade Paper Edition (January 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0895262002
ISBN-13: 978-0895262004
List Price: $18.95