Tag: body plans

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, Australia, Bauplans, blueprints, body plans, Cladotheria, echidnas, evolution, families, fossil record, geological record, marsupials, Multituberculata, neo-Darwinian evolution, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, platypuses, predictions, Prototheria, punctuated equilibrium, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, Symmetrodonta, Tom S. Kemp, Triconodonta}

From Australia’s Fossil Record, an Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
October 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Historical Sciences

3}

In the present article, the most important result is this: All extant Australian marsupial families are also known from the fossil record. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, animal life, bilaterian animals, body plans, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian phyla, Casey Luskin, China, Ediacaran biota, fossil record, fossils, genetic information, geology, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, kelp, marine algae, paleontologists, paleontology, population genetics, preservation, Science (journal), symmetry, waiting times}

At Long Last, Have New Fossil Finds Solved the Cambrian Enigma?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 22, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

2}

New fossil discoveries from China are being hailed as evidence that could reshape our understanding of the origin of complex animal life. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adobe Acrobat, analogy, Animal Operating System, animals, bilaterians, biology departments, body plans, Charles Darwin, Ernst Mayr, European Molecular Biology Organization, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, gene regulatory networks, George Gaylord Simpson, graves, mutations, natural selection, operating systems, Ronald Fisher, smartphones, The EMBO Journal, Theodosius Dobzhansky, zombies}

Another Hypothesis for the Origin of Animals

_{Science & Culture
February 25, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

2}

This one uses an analogy to the origin of smartphones. No kidding. Yet, it’s an interesting article. Just not really evolutionary theory in any normal sense. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, arthropods, body plans, British Columbia, Burgess Shale, Burgess Shale Type, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Chengjiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, chordates, cnidarians, comb jellies, complex body plans, ctenophores, Darwin's Doubt, fossils, gills, guts, Han Zeng, Huayuan, Huayuan County, Huayuan site, James Woodford, jellyfish, Lagerstätte, lobopodians, magical thinking, Marble Canyon, molluscs, mutation/selection mechanism, Nature (journal), nerves, New Scientist, oxygen molecules, oxygen theory, poriferans, priapulids, Sinsk Event, soft tissues, transitional forms, worms}

Get to Know the Name: Huayuan Is a Major New Cambrian Fossil Site Found in China

_{David Coppedge
February 9, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

9}

Another Cambrian fossil site that rivals the original Burgess Shale has been announced to the world. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, asteroids, biological complexity, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, chemists, comets, glass, lightning, mind, origin of life, oxygen, paint, Paul Nelson, science, screws, starting pistol, UV light, volcanoes}

Here We Go Again: For Complex Life, Just Add Fertilizer

_{David Coppedge
January 23, 2026

Evolution, Origin of Life

8}

You may have all the ingredients you want, in the right quantities, but without a builder, nothing functionally complex will emerge. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Casey Luskin, Christmas, common ancestry, discoveries, engineering, evolutionary biology, functionality, genome, genome sequencing, ID the Future, intelligent design, junk DNA, Neo-Darwinism, organs, origin of life, orphan genes, predictions, purpose, Research, teleology, universe}

Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 25, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, behaviors, biological complexity, body plans, Casey Luskin, characters, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, faith and science, ID the Future, Jacob Vasquez, life, natural selection, neo-Darwinian model, origin of life, podcast, random mutation, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Truthful Hope}

Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 21, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

Casey Luskin addresses the inadequacy of natural selection and random mutation to generate biological complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, birds, Biston betularia, body plans, branches, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Great Britain, Icons of Evolution, IFL Science, Jonathan Wells, Michael Majerus, moths, natural selection, New York Times, organs, peppered moths, Science and Culture Today, textbooks, trunks, Zombie Science}

Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 1, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, Eric Hedin, events, habitat, honeybees, intelligent design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer}

February 8! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

_{Science & Culture
February 1, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestral species, Avalon explosion, bacteria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, common ancestry, genes, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, mammals, paleontologists, placental mammals, podcast, protein folds, Sarah Chaffee, Stephen Meyer, Triassic explosion}

Günter Bechly on Life’s Sudden Information Explosions

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 19, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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“There’s no reasonable way,” Bechly concludes, “to get from bacteria to mammals via evolutionary processes.” Read More ›