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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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Paleontology

Titus Kennedy
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Titus Kennedy
Date
January 19, 2024
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Archaeology
Faith & Science
Paleontology
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Dallas Conference: Archaeology and the Life of Jesus 

Titus Kennedy
January 19, 2024
Archaeology, Faith & Science, Paleontology
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My presentation will explore archaeological discoveries illuminating a major event in the life of Jesus — his trial in Jerusalem. Read More ›
Homo habilis remains
Photo: Homo habilis remains, by Sailko, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
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January 19, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: New Research Questions the Human Nature of Homo habilis

Günter Bechly
January 19, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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A consensus is scientifically worthless when it is driven by worldview bias and peer pressure rather than by an unbiased inference to the best explanation. Read More ›
laboratory
Photo credit: Dariusz Bartosik, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 18, 2024
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Bioethics
Metascience
Paleontology
Scientific Trustworthiness
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Peer Review May Be Beyond Reform

Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2024
Bioethics, Metascience, Paleontology, Scientific Trustworthiness
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Harvard is going to have quite a job convincing the world that it is still serious about reality-based thinking, never mind peer review. Read More ›
Branching_archaeocyath
Photo credit: Killamator, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
Date
January 12, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Update on Cambrian Bryozoans

Günter Bechly
January 12, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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The authors emphasize that “the origin of the bryozoans remains a mystery” but explicitly confirm the reality of the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›
cave-painting
Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 8, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

Denyse O’Leary
January 8, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›
Hesperornis skeleton
Photo: Hesperornis skeleton, Ghedoghedo via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Günter Bechly
Date
January 5, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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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
Date
December 30, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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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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Evolution
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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
Date
December 22, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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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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Evolution
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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 ›

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