Category: Paleontology | Page 17 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeoraptor, cheetahs, China, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francisco Ayala, fraud, junk science, New World, Pleistocene, PNAS, Russia, Science (journal), skull}

Fossil Friday: The Supposed Oldest Cheetah Was Yet Another Fraud

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June 16, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Even before the publication, the Chinese scientists Deng Tao and Qiu Zhanxiang had revealed the skull to be a crude forgery. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeoraptor, Fossil Friday (series), fraud, Himalayas, India, microfossils, Piltdown Man}

Fossil Friday: The Gupta Scandal

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June 9, 2023

Archaeology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

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The greatest scientific fraud of the 20th century is not so well known outside of professional paleontologist circles. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Austria, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Gabon, Metazoa, multicellular organisms, paleontology, rocks, taxonomy, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: How an Austrian Scientist Concocted a New Domain of Life called Gabonionta

_{Günter Bechly
June 2, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Is there any other evidence that this sensational discovery was nothing but hype? Sure there is. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, amniotes, biological novelty, birds, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francis Collins, Germany, homology, intelligent design, Karl Giberson, ontogeny, paleontology, scales, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, The Language of Science and Faith, theropod, theropod dinosaurs}

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

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May 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Be a Movie Producer, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, film festival, fossil record, Günter Bechly, interview, YouTube videos}

Film Festival 2023 — “Günter Bechly Explains What the Fossil Evidence Really Says”

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May 22, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Dr. Bechly answers probing questions of the fossil record and explains how it is not going the way Darwin was expecting. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran fauna, evolution, Evolution News, fossil record, genetic information, Graham Budd, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Nick Matzke, oxygen, paleobiology, paleontology, Precambrian, Professor Dave, scientific literature, Stephen Meyer}

FAQ: The Cambrian Explosion Is Real, and It Is a Problem for Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
May 19, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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An email correspondent who is friendly to intelligent design (ID) recently wrote us asking how to respond to common objections to ID arguments about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genetic code, intelligent design, legs, Peter Ward, pterosaurs, search engines, Simon Conway Morris, teleology, tetrapods, turtles, wings}

Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Flying Reptiles in the Mid Triassic

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May 19, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Paleontology

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Personally, I am quite sympathetic to the dissenting view of my paleontologist colleague Simon Conway Morris. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinism, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), history of life, nutrients, oxygen, paleobiology, paleontology, revolutions, saltations, Scotland, sharks, swimming, textbooks, Yale University}

Fossil Friday: The Devonian Nekton Revolution

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May 12, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Such explosions and revolutions dominate the history of life, which was rather a series of abrupt saltations than the gradual change predicted by Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, fossil record, geological time, Henry Gee, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, phyla, punctuated equilibria, skeletons, Stephen Jay Gould, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}