Author: Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal kingdom, BBC Wildlife, beak, bill, biofluorescence, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, ENCODE project, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biologists, gene expression, Georges Cuvier, German, human genome, intelligent design, John C. Sanford, lactation, mankind, Neo-Darwinism, New York Times, organs, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, prehensile tail, sensory perception, sex chromosomes, spurs, stomach, tail, Tomoko Ohta, toxins, UV light, venom}

The Evolutionary Mystery of the Platypus

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 1, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The bill of the platypus is “the most remarkable organ for sensory perception found in the animal kingdom.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, computer scientists, evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, Giraffidae, Jonathan Witt, mathematicians, mathematics, missing links, mosaic, okapi, Science and Culture Today}

A Link Between the Okapi and the Giraffe? It Seems Not

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 9, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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The question of how the giraffe’s extremely long neck originated remains entirely unresolved within an evolutionary framework. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, convergence, English, evolution, fossil record, genus, geology, German, giraffes, Giraffidae, gradualism, mutations, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Paleobiology Database, paleontology, Wikipedia, zoology}

New Paper: Giraffe Fossil Record Defies Neo-Darwinism

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 1, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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Results have been obtained in definite contrast to the expectations of the neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
February 14, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Zoology
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, convergence, Darwinian theory, Darwinians, David Klinghoffer, earth, embryology, evolution, Evolution News, fingerprints, Günter Bechly, humans, John West, koalas, Richard Dawkins, state universities, sun}

How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design — The Case of Koalas

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 14, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Zoology

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I note and discuss an astounding case of convergence between humans and koalas, “the only non-primates with fingerprints.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
February 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bears, François Jacob, giraffes, koala, Neo-Darwinism, pandas, pouch, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Richard Dawkins, sloths, wombat}

Richard Dawkins, the Koala, and the Giraffe

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We are pleased to offer this Abstract from a new paper, “Richard Dawkins, the Koala, and the Giraffe: How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
July 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bears, biologists, deletions, diploidal genome, evolution, genera, geneticists, insertions, intelligent design, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, Panda's Thumb, phenotype, researchers, species, stasis}

More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
July 21, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", bears, evolution, François Jacob, gradualism, intelligent design, Max Planck Institute, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Nobel Prize, Panda's Thumb, primates, Stephen Dilley, Stuart Burgess}

New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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"If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?" Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
March 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artistry, contingency, death, Ernst Mayr, evolution, females, genetic drift, happenstance, hummingbirds, intelligent design, males, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pain, peacock, phenotype, Richard Dawkins, sexual dimorphism, Stephen Meyer, waste}

Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, Charles Darwin, corals, Ernst Mayr, evolution, fossil record, genera, Georges Cuvier, ghost lineages, hippos, intelligent design, Louis Agassiz, Martin Pickford, National Geographic, natural selection, species, stasis, trilobites}

Notes on the Mysterious Origin of Hippos

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The family Hippopotamidae appears abruptly in the fossil record — like all the other groups that I have so far investigated in detail. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinians, Ernst Haeckel, François Jacob, humans, kidneys, mammals, museum, natural selection, vertebrates, vestigial structures}

Human Vestigial Organs: Some Contradictions in Darwinian Thinking

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 28, 2023

Evolution, Medicine

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Among these organs, the pronephros was taken as an outstanding illustration for the assertion that man is “a veritable walking museum of antiquities.” Read More ›