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Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Darwin’s Doubt

BST
Photo: Fossil algae, Ediacaran Lantian Formation, Zhang et al. 2021: fig. 4, fair use. Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110449.
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Günter Bechly
Date
October 20, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: New Study Challenges the Artifact Hypothesis

Günter Bechly
October 20, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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It is time for Darwinists to stop their science denial and face the fact that empirical data consistently contradict core predictions of their theory. Read More ›
Charnia-masoni
Photo: Charnia masoni, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
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September 21, 2023
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Botany
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fact Check: No, Two Teens Did NOT “Accidentally Solve” Darwin’s Dilemma

Casey Luskin
September 21, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Paleontology
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"It looked like a fern. But as a budding geologist, [UK teenager Tina] Negus knew these 600 million year old rocks were too old to host such a plant." Read More ›
Charnia-masoni
Photo: Charnia masoni, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
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September 1, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Seventy Years of Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong

Günter Bechly
September 1, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›
Trilobite_Redlichia
Photo: Trilobite Redlichia, Cambrian of China, Dlloyd via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Günter Bechly
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August 11, 2023
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Evolution
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Fossil Friday: Did the Cambrian Explosion Really Happen?

Günter Bechly
August 11, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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The deniers of the well-established scientific consensus rest their argument on the recent publications of a few maverick paleontologists. Read More ›
Hallucigenia
Image: Hallucigenia, by Scorpion451, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
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August 9, 2023
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Evolution
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In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

David Coppedge
August 9, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›
fuse
Photo credit: p.Gordon, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
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August 1, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Taphonomy Study Shortens Fuse for the Cambrian Explosion

David Coppedge
August 1, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “molecular clock” must be wrong, a study concludes. Cambrian animal ancestors are not there in the fossil record as hoped. Read More ›
marrellomorph
Photo: A marrellomorph from the Fezouata Formation, by Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
July 26, 2023
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Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Evolutionists Spin the Cambrian Explosion — But Alas, All in Vain

David Coppedge
July 26, 2023
Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Fossils are great; the more the better. Experience from spectacular discoveries assures us that no surprises will change Charles Darwin's own cause for doubt. Read More ›
Eozoon
Photo credit: Wilson44691, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
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July 21, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Eozoön, the Dawn Animal Fallen from Grace

Günter Bechly
July 21, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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In modern paleontology it is still a very common phenomenon that fossils are over-interpreted by the scientists and over-hyped in the media. Read More ›
comb jelly
Photo: A comb jelly, by Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
June 22, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Earliest Comb Jellies Wore Armor — “Remarkable,” Say Researchers

David Coppedge
June 22, 2023
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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It would be surprising, under an evolutionary view, to find such a complex system in the earliest animal fossils. Read More ›
trilobites
Photo: Trilobites, by Kevin Walsh [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
May 19, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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FAQ: The Cambrian Explosion Is Real, and It Is a Problem for Evolution

Casey Luskin
May 19, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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An email correspondent who is friendly to intelligent design (ID) recently wrote us asking how to respond to common objections to ID arguments about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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