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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, birds, common descent, convergence, evolution, homology, intelligent design, Jurassic, Karl Popper, nested hierarchy, phylogenetic position, synapomorphy, thought police}

Fossil Friday: Scansoriopterygidae, Bizarre Bird-Like Dinosaurs, Illustrate Darwinist Trickery

_{Günter Bechly
December 15, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Common descent is assumed and the evidence interpreted accordingly, rather than common descent being deduced from the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, eagle, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, flora, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theodicy, theology, University of Helsinki}

Is Intelligent Design Compatible with Evolutionary Theory? A Theologian Weighs In

_{Stephen Dilley
November 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Of course, a critic might worry that Kojonen’s model violates Ockham’s razor. Why posit two explanations when only one will do? Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 28, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, convergence, Darwinians, dinosaurs, DNA, explanatory filter, Explore Evolution, improbability, intelligence, mutations, necks, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, Paul Nelson, Ralph Seelke, sauropods, Scott Minnich, specification, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski, worldview}

Long Necks in Sauropod Dinosaurs — By Neo-Darwinism or Intelligent Design?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 28, 2023

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The origin of the ingeniously intricate long necks in sauropod dinosaurs has been postulated to have arisen more than 35 times independently. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, convergence, convergent evolution, electromagnetic waves, evolution, evolutionary plasticity, eye, intelligent design, light, light-sensitive spot, Living Waters, Nature (journal), New Scientist, optics, organelles, plankton, University of British Columbia}

Convergence? One-Celled Creature Has an Eye!

_{David Coppedge
March 9, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Convergent evolution” is not a process. It is a post-hoc observation based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alison Abbott, Biomimetics, cephalopods, convergence, cuttlefish, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, genes, giant squid, hydrothermal vents, Living Waters, molecular clock, Mollusca, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neo-Darwinian processes, Paul Nelson, propulsion, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, University of Chicago}

Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere

_{David Coppedge
February 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

_{Günter Bechly
December 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

65}

The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, common descent, convergence, debates, directed mutations, evolution, evolutionists, gradualism, just-so stories, Lund University, multiverse, mutations, natural selection, naturalism, saltationism, textbooks, The Conversation}

There Is No Settled “Theory of Evolution”

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science

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What is evolution? In other words, what is core to the theory — and not forfeitable? It’s naturalism. Period. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 14, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Afrotheria, anteaters, armadillos, biogeography, convergence, Darwinists, Fossil Friday (series), Laurasiatheria, mammals, paleontologists, sloths, Xenarthra, zoologists}

Fossil Friday: Eurotamandua — Anteater or Not Even Close?

_{Günter Bechly
October 14, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

6}

Darwinists have to appeal to the ad hoc hypothesis of convergent adaptation to similar lifestyles, which of course increases their problem. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioRxiv, co-evolution, convergence, Current Biology, DNA, Duke University, evolution, ferns, Florida Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), gene flow, heredity, horizontal gene transfer, human evolution, intelligent design, introgression, Neanderthals, North Carolina State University, University of Tübingen}

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
September 20, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. 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 ›