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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, creationists, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Encyclopedia Britannica, Ernst Mayr, evolution, evolutionary biology, fact check, Francisco Ayala, Modern evolutionary synthesis, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Jay Gould, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking “Professor Dave”: Is the Term “Darwinism” Really Used Only by “Creationists”?

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May 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As this nonsense is so often found in Internet forums, I here provide the peer-reviewed scientific evidence to put the point to rest once and for all. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Behe, Bradley Monton, Bruce Chapman, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Elon Musk, ENCODE, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Jay Richards, John West, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Paul Nelson, PhD, Professor Dave, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, theocracy, Thomas Nagel, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare}

Yawn: Atheist YouTuber “Professor Dave” Rants about Intelligent Design

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May 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In the end, Farina’s potshots against intelligent design and Discovery Institute completely miss their targets. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arthur Hunt, bilaterian animals, central nervous system, cichlid fish, compound eyes, Darwinists, dog breeds, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, exoskeleton, fact check, fossil record, Joe Felsenstein, Lake Malawi, molecular clock, otters, Pakicetus, Panda's Thumb, Peaceful Science, phenotypic plasticity, trace fossils, University of Kentucky, Young Earth Creationists}

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

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May 3, 2022

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 27, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anton Zeilinger, Christianity, evolution, fundamentalists, intelligent design, Max Planck, Nazis, quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg}

At the Bottom of the Glass, God Is Waiting

_{Günter Bechly
April 27, 2022

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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The German physicist Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) is one of the fathers of quantum mechanics and ranks among the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amphibians, Avalon explosion, Bayesian reasoning, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, cattle, cetaceans, chimpanzees, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Genesis, gorilla, great apes, Homo sapiens, horse, humans, hybridization, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, marine iguanas, reptiles, whale evolution}

Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Darwinists

_{Günter Bechly
April 25, 2022

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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I consider this simple argument as a final nail in the coffin of Darwinian unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, David Gelernter, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionists, fungus, glide symmetry, Gregory Retallack, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Mongolia, Namibia, Neo-Darwinism, Peaceful Science, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, University of Zurich, Vendobionta, Yale University}

Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2021: Cambrian Explosion Goes Nuclear

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January 1, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, chimpanzees, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human origins, humans, ID the Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal)}

#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

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December 29, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, artifacts, atheism, Darwinians, evolution, fossil record, gradualism, intelligent design, Latin, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, Paul Nelson, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth}

The Discontinuous Fossil Record Refutes Darwinian Gradualism

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November 2, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

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Appeals to the incompleteness of the fossil record are no longer tenable. Paul Nelson has cogently explained why. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 15, 2021

Categories
Life Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, China, Early Cretaceous, failed predictions, flowering plants, fossil record, gradualism, gymnosperms, Lower Cretaceous, Middle Triassic, Nature (journal), Norway, Switzerland}

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Mesozoic Cupules Come to the Rescue?

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June 15, 2021

Life Sciences, Paleontology

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Darwin's "abominable mystery" is not only very much alive and kicking, but it also suggests intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, Cretaceous Period, evolution, evolutionists, flowering plants, fossil record, intelligent design, Joseph Hooker, molecular clocks, Nature Ecology & Evolution, neo-Darwinian mechanism, Neo-Darwinism, New Scientist, Richard Buggs}

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Jurassic Flowering Plants After All?

_{Günter Bechly
June 14, 2021

Evolution

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This year a new article by Silvestro et al. (2021), "Fossil data support a pre-Cretaceous origin of flowering plants," was published. Read More ›