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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Bavaria, Carboniferous Period, dragonflies, Fossil Friday (series), Germany, intelligent design, larvae, males, Odonata, penis, sperm, Upper Jurassic, veins, venation, vertebrate}

Fossil Friday: Dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic

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July 8, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Almost everything in the wonderful construction of dragonflies cries out for a design explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Bavaria, China, convergence, Eunotosaurus, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Germany, intelligent design, lepidosaurs, Middle Permian, Middle Triassic, Neo-Darwinism, Pappochelys, phylogenetic reconstruction, reptiles, tortoises, turtles, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down

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July 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, antennae, Baltic amber, Darwinism, Eocene Epoch, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, nested hierarchy, phylogenetics, scales, thorax}

Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin

_{Günter Bechly
June 24, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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These incongruent or homoplastic characters are a notorious problem for phylogenetics and contradict the evolutionary prediction of a nested hierarchy. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 17, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Crato Formation, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, fish, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, ID the Future, living fossils, Lower Cretaceous, mutations, natural selection, podcast}

Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”

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June 17, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Coelacanths are considered to be "living fossils," which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Araneae, Brazil, Crato Formation, Darwinists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, intelligent design, limestone, Lower Cretaceous, morphology, phylogenetic position, spiders, whip scorpions}

Fossil Friday: Whip Spider from the Lower Cretaceous

_{Günter Bechly
June 10, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These fossiliferous limestones are about 115 million years old. In spite of this age the animal is not primitive in any way. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 9, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, abrupt appearance, Archaeopteryx, Bavaria, body plans, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, Germany, gradual development, intelligent design, Late Triassic, museums, nests, predictions, pterosaurs, sea floor, transitional fossils}

Rare Fossil Preserves a Moment of Deadly Battle — And Recalls a Problem for Darwin

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June 9, 2022

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Pterosaurs appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Late Triassic, which agrees with the predictions of intelligent design theory. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Eocene Epoch, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Germany, Messel}

Fossil Friday: Large Constrictor Snake from the Eocene

_{Günter Bechly
June 3, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossils from this locality have to be transferred (re-embedded) into artificial resin to be preserved. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common descent, Communications Biology, convergent evolution, Darwinism, Darwinism as religion, evolution, evolutionary tree, gene sequences, Milner Centre for Evolution, Phys.org, popularizers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life, University of Bath}

Study: “Most of Our Evolutionary Trees Could Be Wrong”

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June 2, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This refutes one of the favorite talking points of popularizers of Darwinism like Richard Dawkins. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, beauty, flowering plants, intelligent design, nature, photography, poison, seeds}

Deadly Beauty: Golden Rain

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June 2, 2022

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Golden rain is in full bloom on our terrace in Echsenbach (Lower Austria). The seeds are highly poisonous but it is a real beauty. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ad hominem, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedality, Crete, Dave Farina, evolution, fossils, geologists, Graecopithecus, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, intelligent design, John Hawks, Little Foot, Lucy, Miocene apes, Neanderthals, paleontologists, Professor Dave, Science Uprising, slander, Trachilos, YouTube videos}

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›