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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, arthropods, circadian rhythms, cladistics, common descent, crustaceans, Current Biology, Devonian Period, evolutionists, frogs, George McGhee, homology, homoplasy, lampreys, lizards, Paleozoic, pseudogenes, Simon Conway Morris, sleep, Stephen Jay Gould, tetrapods, University of Tübingen, vertebrates, Willi Hennig}

Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy

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April 23, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropod, brood, Burgess Shale, Cambrian News, Canada, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang, China, complexity, Darwinists, fossil record, Fuxianhuia protensa, Latin, Living Waters, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, Paul Nelson, population genetics, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, saltationism, waiting-time problem, whales}

Contradicting Darwinian Gradualism, Earliest Animals Show Complex Parental Behavior

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March 30, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin himself realized that any kind of significant saltational change would imply a miracle-like intelligent intervention. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, Devonian Period, habitat, Nature News, Neil Shubin, Poland, tetrapod, tiktaalik, Zachelmie}

Did Fish as Flotsam Conquer Land?

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February 19, 2018

Evolution

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In evolutionary biology, the great transitions from one habitat to a totally different way of life have long proved to be the stuff of good storytelling. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alain Beauvilain, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 1, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ardi, Australopithecus sediba, Crete, Ethiopia, evolution, footprints, Graecopithecus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human origins, Lucy, nature, Per Ahlberg, South Africa, Trachilos, Uppsala University}

Happy New Year! #1 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Footprints from Crete Deepen Origins Mystery

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January 1, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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For the established scientific consensus on human evolution, 2017 was a genuine annus horribilis. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2017

Categories
Archaeology
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, "Out of Africa", Africa, Asia, Darwinism, Discover Magazine, discredited theories, fact check, fossil record, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, hype, just-so stories, Levant, migration, paleoanthropology, Retraction Crisis, Science Magazine, timeline}

“It’s Official”: Textbook Wisdom on Human Origins Is Wrong!

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December 12, 2017

Archaeology, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I hardly dared to dream that, as an early Christmas present, 2017 would close with a final blow to the Out of Africa story. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, "Out of Africa", Africa, annus horribilis, China, fossil record, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human origins, Middle Pleistocene, New Scientist, paleontology, skull}

What, Another “Rewrite” of the Human Origins Story? How About a Rethink, Instead?

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November 20, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Sometimes predictions are not only fulfilled but over-fulfilled. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 23, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, annus horribilis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, evolution, Germany, Graecopithecus, human origins, IFL Science, Lucy, Orrorin, paleoanthropology, Sahelanthropus, Zombie Science (book)}

Human Origins: Out of Africa, or Out of Germany?

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October 23, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Major discoveries in paleoanthropology that have made 2017 a kind of annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 27, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, circular reasoning, common ancestry, homology, humans, Jerry Coyne, monkeys, orangutan, Star Trek, vestigial structures}

Darwin’s Point: No Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans with Monkeys

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September 27, 2017

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The bump was originally discovered by the celebrated British sculptor Thomas Woolner, who informed Charles Darwin about it. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Anchiornis, Archaeoraptor, barbules, China, convergence, homology, homoplasy, Late Devonian, Microraptor, Neil Shubin, Per Ahlberg, Upper Jurassic, Uppsala University, Xiaotingia}

With Two New Fossils, Evolutionists Rewrite Narratives to Accommodate Conflicting Evidence

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September 13, 2017

Evolution

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Dubious procedures like these would be unthinkable in other natural sciences, such as physics. Read More ›