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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 13, 2023

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, East Africa, Egypt, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, George Gaylord Simpson, Paleogene, phylogenetics, Tanzania}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Hyraxes and the Abrupt Origin of Hyracoidea

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January 13, 2023

Paleontology, Science

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Of course, it is only we “nitpicking” intelligent design proponents who point out such incongruences. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, Darwinism, Eocene, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

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January 6, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, Afrotheria, Belgium, Egypt, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, living fossils, Madagascar, mammals, Namibia, Paleogene, Pleistocene}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea

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December 30, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Illustra Media, intelligent design, jaws, Living Waters, Miocene, paleontology, Pliocene, sea floor, sediments, sharks, South Carolina, teeth, vertebrates, whales}

#6 Story of 2022: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks

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December 27, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 23, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, ants, Darwinists, Egypt, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Kenya, living fossils, mammals, Miocene, paleontology, placental mammals, Pleistocene, termites}

Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata

_{Günter Bechly
December 23, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 16, 2022

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, America, Antarctica, Argentina, armadillos, clades, Darwinists, Early Eocene, molecular clock, New World, phylogenetic systematics, placental mammals, Pleistocene, primates, sloths}

Fossil Friday: The Giant Armadillo Glyptodon and the Abrupt Origin of Xenarthrans

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December 16, 2022

Paleontology, Science

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Should we dare to consider the possibility that something is wrong with the Darwinist assumptions? Heaven forbid! Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, asteroid, bats, Canada, carnivores, dinosaurs, Disney, elephants, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, mammals, Montana, North America, paleoanthropology, Paleocene, Paleogene, primates, rodents}

Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

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December 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, feathers, homology, information, intelligent design, mammals, marine reptiles, PragerU, Professor Dave, proteins, Richard Buggs, Richard Lenski, Royal Society, scales, Stephen Meyer, Twitter, Wikipedia}

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

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December 8, 2022

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amniotes, bryozoans, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, Cloudina, common descent, creationism, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, dependency graph, dinosaurs, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, genes, intelligent design, Nature Communications, New Scientist, SETI, Stephen Meyer, turtles, Winston Ewert}

Dave Farina Criticizes Intelligent Design but Doesn’t Understand It

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December 5, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Boom! There goes the “exquisitely documented” evolution of turtles. Sorry, Professor Dave. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cloudina, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran, embryos, fossils, Kimberella, Mongolia, Namacalathus, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Trilobozoa}

Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian

_{Günter Bechly
December 2, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here. Read More ›