Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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November 3, 2021
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Follies from Around the Science Literature

Science & Culture
November 3, 2021
Evolution, Paleontology
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Evolutionary anthropologists will have to drastically revise the timeline of the first human arrivals in North America. Read More ›
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.
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David Klinghoffer
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November 2, 2021
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Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Luskin: The “Big Bang” of Human Origins

David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2021
Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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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.
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Günter Bechly
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November 2, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
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Paleontology
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The Discontinuous Fossil Record Refutes Darwinian Gradualism

Günter Bechly
November 2, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology
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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.
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October 22, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Three Stunners Challenge Traditional Darwinism

Science & Culture
October 22, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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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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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 12, 2021
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Biology
Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Tomorrow: New Science Uprising Episode on Human Origins

David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2021
Biology, Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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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.
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Günter Bechly
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June 15, 2021
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Life Sciences
Paleontology
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Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Mesozoic Cupules Come to the Rescue?

Günter Bechly
June 15, 2021
Life Sciences, Paleontology
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Darwin's "abominable mystery" is not only very much alive and kicking, but it also suggests intelligent design. Read More ›
Bechly webinar
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David Klinghoffer
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April 19, 2021
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Dinosaurs and More: Bechly on the Fossil Record vs. Neo-Darwinism

David Klinghoffer
April 19, 2021
Evolution, Paleontology
2
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.
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Günter Bechly
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March 29, 2021
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Evolution
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Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

Günter Bechly
March 29, 2021
Evolution, Paleontology
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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.
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Günter Bechly
Date
January 18, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Resurrecting Namacalathus as an Ediacaran Animal

Günter Bechly
January 18, 2021
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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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)
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Günter Bechly
Date
September 7, 2020
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Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy

Günter Bechly
September 7, 2020
Evolution, Paleontology
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The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events. Read More ›

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