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Cambrian Explosion

Opabinia regalis
Image: Opabinia regalis, a creature from the Cambrian seas, by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.ca/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ixnay on the Ambriancay Plosionexhay

Shhh — don’t say it. The geological event, well, not “event,” as in something that happened about 541 million years ago...we don’t talk that way anymore. Read More ›
medium tree finch
Photo: Medium tree finch, by Jody O'Connor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Darwin’s Finches”: Galápagos Islands as an Evolutionary Model

Taking the facts and arguments presented together, it appears to be clear that no macroevolution is happening in “Darwin’s finches.” Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

COVID restrictions may have put a damper on the traditional Thanksgiving celebration. But even lockdowns can't stop us from giving thanks. Read More ›
periodic table
Image credit: Elchinator, via Pixabay.

Message in Matter: Intelligent Design in the Atoms

What atheists and materialists can’t explain is why this fitness is so special, so unforgivingly precise and intricate, at every stage on the journey to us. Read More ›
Opabinia regalis
Photo: Fossil of Opabinia regalis, a Cambrian animal, by Jstuby at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Scientific Paper Reaffirms New Genes Required for Cambrian Explosion

The notion that many genes would be required for the Cambrian explosion may seem unsurprising — what is surprising is that anyone would challenge the idea. Read More ›
trilobite
trilobite
Photo credit: Smith609 at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Bechly: The Demise of the Artifact Hypothesis

Darwinists have long suggested that the fossil record's pattern of major discontinuities is merely an artifact of that record being incomplete. Read More ›
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata, an Edicaran organism, by Masahiro miyasaka / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Bechly Series: No Ancestors for Cambrian Animals; Darwin’s Doubt Remains

I urge you to review this important series. Humbly place it at the feet of your favorite Darwinist, atheist, or theistic evolutionist. Read More ›
rope bridge
Photo credit: Tony Webster, via Flickr (cropped).

A Bridge Too Far? In Search of Precambrian Sponges

The most celebrated Precambrian sponge may not be a sponge at all. Watch Darwinians try to coax it into spongehood. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

The fossil record speaks clearly and cries out loud: the history of life on Earth is a history of saltations. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by the paleobear from Lontananza, Loreto, Peru / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis, Continued

One researchers has preferred to classify Kimberella among the Ediacaran "fossil problematica.” Read More ›

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