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Australopithecus sediba
Photo: Australopithecus sediba, by Photo by Brett Eloff. Courtesy Profberger and Wits University who release it under the terms below., CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Luskin: The “Big Bang” of Human Origins

That there would be something unique about human origins isn’t what you would expect based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›
trilobites
Photo: Trilobites, by Kevin Walsh [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Discontinuous Fossil Record Refutes Darwinian Gradualism

Appeals to the incompleteness of the fossil record are no longer tenable. Paul Nelson has cogently explained why. Read More ›
Titanokorys gainesi
Photo: Titanokorys gainesi, by Jean-Bernard Caron & Joseph Moysiuk, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Three Stunners Challenge Traditional Darwinism

Remember when fossil hunters found Marble Canyon, a fossil bed in Canada that surpassed the Burgess Shale in extent and species richness? Read More ›
Science Uprising
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Tomorrow: New Science Uprising Episode on Human Origins

A view open to intelligent design can follow the evidence freely. It does not require a particular narrative of how humanity arose. Read More ›
water lily
Photo: A water lily from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil, copyright by G. Bechly.

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Mesozoic Cupules Come to the Rescue?

Darwin's "abominable mystery" is not only very much alive and kicking, but it also suggests intelligent design. Read More ›
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Dinosaurs and More: Bechly on the Fossil Record vs. Neo-Darwinism

The evidence includes “explosions,” "jumps," and “revolutions” in the history of life that cannot be explained given the assumption of Darwinian gradualism. Read More ›
Tribrachidium
Photo: Tribrachidium, by Captmondo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Read More ›
Namacalathus
Photo: The new fossils stem from a layer in the Nama Group of Namibia, by Rachel Wood via EurekAlert! No usage restrictions.

Resurrecting Namacalathus as an Ediacaran Animal

The new fossils stem from a layer in the Nama Group of Namibia, just below an ash bed that could be radiometrically dated to 547.32 ± 0.65 million years. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Masahiro miyasaka / CC Photo: Kimberella fossil, BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy

The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events. Read More ›
Australopithecus-africanus-1
Photo: Australopithecus africanus skull, by José Braga; Didier Descouens [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Günter Bechly Says Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

The evidence poses a significant problem for the Darwinian mechanistic paradigm, but can be readily explained with an intelligent design approach. Read More ›

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