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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, abominable mystery, animal phyla, Big Bangs, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, discontinuity, Ediacaran fauna, evolutionary biologists, fossil record, paleontologists, Princeton University Press, Stephen Meyer, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery” Is Not Alone: Gaps Everywhere!

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June 12, 2021

Evolution

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There is clearly a pattern of discontinuities that requires an adequate explanation, and Darwinism is not it. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, angiosperms, BBC, China, Cretaceous Period, flowering plants, fossil record, gymnosperms, Jurassic, On the Origin of Species, Richard Buggs}

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Still Alive and Kicking

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June 11, 2021

Evolution, Life Sciences

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Darwinists had hoped that 150 years of paleontological research since Darwin would surely make this nagging problem go away. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
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)}

Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

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May 10, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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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
April 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, China, Darwin's Doubt, David Gelernter, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran animals, Ediacaran organisms, 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}

The Cambrian Explosion Has Just Gone Nuclear

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April 8, 2021

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
March 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, circular reasoning, Darwin's House of Cards, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran fossils, Ediacaran organisms, evolutionary biology, Facebook, Gregory Retallack, Ikaria, Mary Droser, muscles, nervous system, paleontology, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Tom Bethell, Tree of Life, Tribrachidium, University of Oregon}

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

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March 29, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 28, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, body plans, computer model, Ediacaran organisms, fossil record, Mark McMenamin, Nama Group, Precambrian House of Cards Series, South Africa, Tribrachidium, Trilobozoa}

Unknown Biology of Trilobozoa

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March 28, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Ecology, Evolution

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Not much is known about the anatomy, biology, and ecology of the enigmatic trilobozoans. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, cnidarian, echinoderms, Ediacaran Period, fungus, jellyfish, marine invertebrates, Mark McMenamin, Metazoa, Mikhail Fedonkin, Precambrian House of Cards Series, sponges, Tribrachidium, Trilobozoa, Vendobionta}

Uncertain Affinities of Trilobozoa

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March 26, 2021

Evolution

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That the same fossils can be attributed to at least six different phyla of marine invertebrates as well as terrestrial fungi really should give reason to pause. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 25, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Australia, cnidarians, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, Mark McMenamin, morphology, Precambrian House of Cards Series, publish or perish, South Australia, spicules, symmetry, Trilobozoa}

Examining Potential Other Trilobozoans

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March 25, 2021

Evolution

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Last but not least, there is this gem: In 1986 strange mushroom-shaped deep-sea animals were collected offshore South Australia. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 24, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Period, cladistics, Darwinian evolution, Ediacaran biota, fossil record, phylogenetic systematics, Precambrian House of Cards Series, sea floor, Tribrachidium, Trilobozoa}

The Enigmatic Tribrachidium and Trilobozoa

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March 24, 2021

Evolution

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Trilobozoans are unique to the Ediacaran biota; they appeared suddenly 560 million-years-ago in the fossil record without any precursors. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, Ikaria, Kimberella, Metazoa, phyla, Precambrian House of Cards Series}

Ediacarans Are Not Animals

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March 23, 2021

Evolution

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Even Evans et al. (2021) themselves admitt that "phylogenetic affinities for most of the Ediacara Biota remain enigmatic." Read More ›