Here’s a Bubble That’s Ready to Burst: Oxygen as an Explanation for the Cambrian Explosion

_{Science & Culture
February 26, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The sheer number of new papers attributing the rise of Cambrian animals to oxygen is weird. Could it be chance that these are all coming out months after the release of Darwin's Doubt? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2014

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, News and Events, Response to Criticism}

Jerry Coyne Notwithstanding, as an "Explanation" for the Rise of Complex Animal Life, Oxygen Is Now Eliminated from the Running

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2014

Evolution

1}

There's nothing about lower oxygen levels on Earth that would forbid the rise of early animals. Read More ›

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Date
February 13, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, News and Events, Response to Criticism}

In the Canadian Rockies, a Major Fossil Find Intensifies the Object of Darwin’s Doubt

_{Science & Culture
February 13, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some 26 miles from the famous Walcott quarry, a new exposure of Burgess Shale fossils has come to light. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 7, 2014

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Research, science, Tree of Life}

The “Ghost of Teleology”: Molecular Data Wreak Havoc on the Tree of Life

_{Casey Luskin
February 7, 2014

Evolution

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Convoluted phylogenetic trees, seemingly required by the genetic data, suggest that highly complex biological structures have been gained and lost many times in evolutionary history. Read More ›

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Date
January 21, 2014

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt}

Next Up for Consideration as a Hopelessly Unlikely Solution to the Cambrian Mystery? Global Warming

_{Science & Culture
January 21, 2014

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Add this to the growing pile of improbable causes for complex body plans: volcano heat. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 17, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, molecular clocks, science}

"Clocks Versus Rocks": Fossil Explosion of Placental Mammals Contradicts "Molecular Clock" Evidence

_{Casey Luskin
January 17, 2014

Evolution

5}

Which dataset are we to trust? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 2, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt}

Another Notable Explosion: Has Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery,” the Origin of Flowering Plants, Been Solved?

_{Casey Luskin
January 2, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The Cambrian explosion isn't the only explosive event in the fossil record that disturbed Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 13, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Response to Criticism}

Undead: The Myth of the 80-Million-Year Cambrian Explosion

_{David Klinghoffer
November 13, 2013

Evolution

1}

It arises each night from its coffin. It cannot be killed by any natural means. By now, it has extremely bad breath. Read More ›

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Date
November 12, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Response to Criticism}

Cambrian Explosion: The Case of Mollusks

_{Science & Culture
November 12, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The conclusions that Stephen Meyer draws in Darwin’s Doubt continue to be supported by new evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 31, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Response to Criticism}

Current Biology Paper’s Assumptions and Methodology Dramatically Underestimate “Rates of Change” in the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
October 31, 2013

Evolution

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While Stephen Meyer pointed out this paper's most fundamental flaw, there are many other deficiencies. I focus on nine total in this article. Read More ›