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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Paleontology

Hesperornis skeleton
Photo: Hesperornis skeleton, Ghedoghedo via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Günter Bechly
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January 5, 2024
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Evolution
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Fossil Friday: New Evidence Against Dinosaur Ancestry of Birds

Günter Bechly
January 5, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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Few hypotheses in evolutionary biology have become as popular among lay people as the postulated ancestry of birds from bipedal dinosaurs. Read More ›
Charnia-masoni
Photo: Charnia masoni, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
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December 30, 2023
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No. 3 Story of 2023: Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong

Günter Bechly
December 30, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›
bird tracks
Photo: Trisauropodiscus and bird tracks, Abrahams et al., CC-BY-4.0.
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Günter Bechly
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December 29, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Fossil Bird Tracks Expand the Temporal Paradox

Günter Bechly
December 29, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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The origin of birds involves a severe problem for Darwinists, which paleo-ornithologist Alan Feduccia has called a temporal paradox. Read More ›
Tetrapodophis
Image: Tetrapodophis, photo Tischlinger in Gramling 2016, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
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December 22, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Is the Four-Legged Snake Tetrapodophis a Missing Link or Not?

Günter Bechly
December 22, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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There should have existed transitional forms, which exhibit at least some typical features of basal snake anatomy. Read More ›
Scansoriopterygidae
Photo credit: i qi, Xu et al. 2015 fig. 1a, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
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December 15, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Scansoriopterygidae, Bizarre Bird-Like Dinosaurs, Illustrate Darwinist Trickery

Günter Bechly
December 15, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Common descent is assumed and the evidence interpreted accordingly, rather than common descent being deduced from the evidence. Read More ›
chimera
Photo: Neuropteran larva from Burmese amber, Haug et al. 2019 fig. 1, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
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December 8, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

Günter Bechly
December 8, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›
Chimerarachne yingi
Images: Chimerarachne yingi, Gonzalo Giribet and Junnn11 via Wikimedia, CC0 1.0 and CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M466395.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20200828_Chimerarachne_yingi.png.
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Günter Bechly
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December 1, 2023
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Fossil Friday: The Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny, and Why I’ve Become More Skeptical of Common Descent

Günter Bechly
December 1, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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True skeptics should question everything, and not just everything apart from Darwinism and materialism. Read More ›
Cambrian Bryozoa
Photo: Fossil bryozoan, Carboniferous of Ohio, James St. John via Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 DEED.
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Günter Bechly
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November 24, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go

Günter Bechly
November 24, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science. Read More ›
protist
Photo credit: Andreas Drews, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
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November 17, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Protists Add to the Cambrian Explosion

Günter Bechly
November 17, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Not even the tiniest and most abundant organisms seem to confirm the gradualist predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
Homo naledi
Photo: A femur, by John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M. Garvin, Scott A. Williams, Lucas K. Delezene, Elen M. Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L. Kivell, Myra F. Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marc R. Meyer, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S. Walker, Timothy L. Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Lee R. Berger, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 15, 2023
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

Casey Luskin
November 15, 2023
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›

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