Tag: Cretaceous

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, American Museum of Natural History, arachnids, Bayesian reasoning, Casey Luskin, common descent, Cretaceous, Darwinism, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, modern birds, molecular biologists, molecular clock studies, New York Times, Paleogene, phylogenomics}

Fossil Friday: The Big Bang of Tertiary Birds and a Phylogenetic Mess

_{Günter Bechly
February 23, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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There was an abrupt origin, a burst of biological creativity, which is best explained by an infusion of new information from an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, beavers, China, Cretaceous, Dan Graur, Darwinism, Early Paleocene, East Asia, Euarchontoglires, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, guinea pigs, mammals, mice, molecular clock studies, Mongolia, Nebraska, Oligocene, Paleocene, PaleoDB, placental mammals, rabbits, rats, rodents, squirrels, stratigraphy}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents

_{Günter Bechly
February 10, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student. 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
October 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, beetle, bivalve, Cretaceous, Darwinian theory, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, holotype, Japan, Japanese, Miocene, mollusk, Research, sea snake}

Fossil Friday: Moniopterus — Snake, Beetle, or Mollusk?

_{Günter Bechly
October 7, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

3}

Scientists are only humans and many of them see what they want to see. Fossils often leave a lot of room for wild imagination and wishful thinking. 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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Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amber, Brazil, cockroach, Crato Formation, Cretaceous, Gondwana, Günter Bechly, holotype, Myanmar, paleontology}

This Critter Is Named for Günter Bechly

_{Science and Culture
July 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The photo above is another species of the same genus that Dr. Bechly established in 2007. Read More ›

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Date
April 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, baleen whales, blue whale, cow, Cretaceous, evolution, humpback whale, ichthyosaur, Live Science, Living Waters, marine biology, National Geographic, Science Advances, Science Magazine, University of Washington, whales, wolf}

The Biggest Sea Animals: Whaling for Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 27, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The largest animals that ever lived defy simple evolutionary stories. Read More ›