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Date
February 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Brazil, carnivorous plants, convergent evolution, evolution, evolutionary pathway, Foresight (book), ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, podcast, Venus flytrap}

Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism

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February 18, 2023

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection selects for current function, not potential future function. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Aeschnidiidae, Brazil, Crato limestones, dragonflies, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Jurassic, paleontology, predators, Upper Jurassic, wing venation}

Fossil Friday: Abrupt Appearance of a Distinct Dragonfly Group

_{Günter Bechly
February 17, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossil is almost complete, only the abdomen is missing and was likely bitten off by a predator. Read More ›

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Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Americas, archeology, Brazil, capuchin monkeys, charcoal, hominins, humans, Ice Age, Kenya, lunar calendar, Michael Haslam, monkeys, Nature (journal), paintings, tools}

Monkeys, Not Humans, Likely Made Ancient Brazilian Tools

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January 11, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The stone objects, dated from 50,000 years ago, look like the ones made by capuchin monkeys today. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 11, 2022

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Biomimetics, Brazil, Crato Formation, evolution, forewings, Fossil Friday (series), holotype, intelligent design, Lower Cretaceous, origami, Permian period, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, wings}

Fossil Friday: The Complex Wing Folding of Earwigs

_{Günter Bechly
November 11, 2022

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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This highly complex mode of wing folding is one of the many examples of engineering marvels in insects that strongly suggest intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, angiosperms, Aphrodite, Brazil, Charles Darwin, Crato limestone, Cretaceous, Dilcherifructus mexicana, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, gymnosperms, ID the Future, Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, Mario Coiro, Middle Jurassic, paleobotany, Richard Buggs, Twitter}

Fossil Friday: Flowering Plants — Darwin’s Abominable Mystery

_{Günter Bechly
October 21, 2022

Evolution, Life Sciences, Paleontology

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Flowering plants or angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Lower Cretaceous (about 130 million years ago). Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, beetles, Brazil, butterflies, convergence, Crato Formation, Darwinism, design pattern, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, Kalligrammatidae, lacewing, Lower Cretaceous, Lower Jurassic, mouthparts, natural selection, paleontology, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: A Fossil Butterfly Lookalike

_{Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022

Paleontology, Science

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An intelligent design paradigm can easily accommodate convergences as a natural consequence of a designer reusing the same ideas in different constructions. Read More ›

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Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, academia, Brazil, Discovery Institute, events, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, religion, Science}

ID on the Beach: Brazilian Conference Is a Hit on Copacabana

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July 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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Things are never dull when the renowned chemist Marcos Eberlin is around. And the scenery was magnificent. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Charles Darwin, Crato Formation, Cretaceous, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, insects, intelligent design, Lower Cretaceous, Natural History Museum, paleontologists, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, Willi Hennig}

Fossil Friday: Unknown Cicada from the Cretaceous

_{Günter Bechly
July 22, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Only the infusion of new information from outside the system can explain these bursts of biological creativity. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 15, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Cambrian Explosion, Crato Formation, crocodiles, Crurotarsi, Darwin critics, Darwinists, dinosaurs, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), holotype, ichthyosaur, intelligent design, lizards, Lower Cretaceous, Mammaliaformes, mammals, Nature Communications, Peter Ward, pterosaurs, turtles, Upper Triassic}

Fossil Friday: A Croc Smile from the Cretaceous

_{Günter Bechly
July 15, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Ubiquitous discontinuities contradict the gradualist predictions of Darwin’s theory and thus should count as empirical falsifications of that theory. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 17, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Crato Formation, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, fish, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, ID the Future, living fossils, Lower Cretaceous, mutations, natural selection, podcast}

Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”

_{Günter Bechly
June 17, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Coelacanths are considered to be "living fossils," which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions. Read More ›