Tag: dinosaurs

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. G. Werner, apatite, aquamarine, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, dinosaurs, enamel, fluoridated water, fluoride toothpaste, food, fungi, geology, homonyms, Howard Glicksman, igneous rocks, lava, magma, metamorphic rocks, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, Mohs hardness scale, osteocytes, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

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Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animatronics, animism, dinosaurs, evolution, evolutionary history, Fantasia, ID the Future, John West, materialism, podcast, rationalism, The Rite of Spring, theme parks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney and Live Action}

Walt Disney’s Views on Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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On the Magic Skyway, animatronics were used to tell stories of ages past, from the age of the dinosaurs to the arrival of man. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, birds, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, dinosaurs, Dromaeosauridae, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, John Ray, mammals, physiology, pterosaurs, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Wyoming}

Fossil Friday: A Scientific Controversy About Warm-Blooded Animals

_{Günter Bechly
January 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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How do popularizers of Darwinism such as Richard Dawkins react? Unsurprisingly, they just ignore the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, antitrochanter, birds, dinosaur-bird hypothesis, dinosaurs, evidence for evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Hesperornis gracilis, iliac, ischium, Jurassic Park, Karlsruhe, Late Cretaceous, marine birds, microraptorids, paleontology, paleornithologists, penguins, phylogenetics, Temporal Paradox, theropod dinosaurs, troodontids, University of North Carolina, vertebrates}

No. 5 Story of 2024: New Evidence Against Dino-Bird Ancestry

_{Günter Bechly
December 28, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Few hypotheses in evolutionary biology have become as popular among lay people as the postulated ancestry of birds from bipedal dinosaurs. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, Archaeopteryx, birds, China, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Liaoning, paleontology, University of Southampton}

Fossil Friday: More Evidence That “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds

_{Günter Bechly
September 13, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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It definitely looks like the common dino-to-bird narrative has been massively oversold to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bananas, berries, birds, Cretaceous Period, digestion, dinosaurs, fertilization, flowering plants, foresight, fruit, intelligent design, nutrition, optimization, pectin, phytochemicals, potassium, seeds, The Privileged Planet, tomatoes, vitamin C}

Fruit Is Designed for Life

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Late Triassic, mass extinction, Nevada, Peter Ward, Texas, Triassic period}

Fossil Friday: The Sudden Appearance of Crocs in the Triassic Fossil Record

_{Günter Bechly
August 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The Triassic period proves to be a real carpet bombing of bursts of biological creativity. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, astrology, birds, Charles Darwin, cladistic analysis, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), homeopathy, hybridization, Jerry Coyne, pseudoscience, Richard Dawkins}

Fossil Friday: The Mystery of the Frankenstein Dinosaur

_{Günter Bechly
August 23, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Different studies based on different data do not converge on one true tree of life. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, biogeography, dinosaurs, Eurasia, Fossil Friday (series), Late Cretaceous, New World monkeys, North America, paleontology, Pangaea, rafting animals, seafaring, swimming, terrestrial animals}

Fossil Friday: Did Giant Dinosaurs Swim Across Oceans?

_{Günter Bechly
May 24, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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More rafting animals! Who cares about probability or empirical evidence, when a simple just-so-story can do the job? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, asteroid, baboons, chimpanzees, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, neurons, paleontologists, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Tyrannosaurus rex}

The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Read More ›