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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

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December 12, 2022

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The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, asteroid, bats, Canada, carnivores, dinosaurs, Disney, elephants, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, mammals, Montana, North America, paleoanthropology, Paleocene, Paleogene, primates, rodents}

Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

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December 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, feathers, homology, information, intelligent design, mammals, marine reptiles, PragerU, Professor Dave, proteins, Richard Buggs, Richard Lenski, Royal Society, scales, Stephen Meyer, Twitter, Wikipedia}

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

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December 8, 2022

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amniotes, bryozoans, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, Cloudina, common descent, creationism, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, dependency graph, dinosaurs, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, genes, intelligent design, Nature Communications, New Scientist, SETI, Stephen Meyer, turtles, Winston Ewert}

Dave Farina Criticizes Intelligent Design but Doesn’t Understand It

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December 5, 2022

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Boom! There goes the “exquisitely documented” evolution of turtles. Sorry, Professor Dave. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cloudina, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran, embryos, fossils, Kimberella, Mongolia, Namacalathus, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Trilobozoa}

Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian

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December 2, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Middle Triassic, North America, pollen, Switzerland, Young Earth Creationists}

Fossil Friday: Is Triassic Angiosperm-Like Pollen a Solution to Darwin’s Abominable Mystery?

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December 2, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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There is one remaining issue to address, which is palynology, the science of fossil pollen. Read More ›

Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Cloudina, cnidarians, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, embryos, Eumetazoa, evolution, fossils, Gregory Retallack, homology, Ikaria, intelligent design, Internet, Kimberella, Metazoa, microfossils, Namacalathus, New York Times, Professor Dave, sponges, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Tribrachidium, Vernanimalcula, YouTubers}

“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

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December 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, phylum, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers}

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

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November 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australopithecines, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, common descent, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, intelligent design, John Hawks, land mammals, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science teachers, Stephen Meyer, transitional fossils, YouTubers}

Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer

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November 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Baltic amber, cladistics, Eastern Europe, Fossil Friday (series), London, Mexico, Natural History Museum, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Willi Hennig}

Fossil Friday: Fake Amber and the Piltdown Fly

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November 25, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Such simple forgeries are commonly sold to tourists in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Eastern Europe, and Eastern Asia. Read More ›