Tag: diversification

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, biological novelty, Charles Darwin, diversification, Early Cretaceous, evolution, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), genomes, intelligent design, jumps, Las Hoyas, Late Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, nature, Nature (journal), paleontology, Philip Donoghue, Spain}

No. 4 Story of 2024: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Again

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

6}

This notorious discontinuity in the fossil record did not get any smaller with 160 years of research since Darwin, but instead became more and more acute. Read More ›

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post

Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, autopoiesis, bacteria, biologists, Charles Darwin, diversification, emergence, Forensics, Gandalf, Harry Potter, intelligence, intelligent design, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mendelian genetics, Michael Behe, microscopes, molecular structures, Mount Doom, Neo-Darwinism, panpsychism, random variation, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, self-organization, Stephen Meyer, teleonomy, universe}

Will Evolution’s New Synthesis Be Hard or Soft Magic?

_{Daniel Witt
August 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Let's try holding some new scientific theories to the standards of the fantasy genre. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, biological novelty, Charles Darwin, diversification, Early Cretaceous, evolution, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), genomes, intelligent design, jumps, Las Hoyas, Late Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, nature, Nature (journal), paleontology, Philip Donoghue, Spain}

Fossil Friday: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Once Again

_{Günter Bechly
June 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

5}

This notorious discontinuity in the fossil record did not get any smaller with 160 years of research since Darwin, but instead became more and more acute. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, biological novelty, Cambrian Explosion, Communications Earth & Environment, complex life, diversification, earth, Ediacaran biota, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, magnetic field, oxygenation, sudden appearance, The Privileged Planet, University of Rochester}

Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

_{Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences

8}

This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, assumptions, bioRxiv, Darwinian theory, diversification, fossil record, intelligent design, models, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, University of British Columbia, University of Oregon}

Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained

_{Science and Culture
January 12, 2021

Evolution

9}

Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 27, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, birds, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, dinosaur, diversification, evolutionary pressure, historians, humans, hummingbird, intelligent design, journalists, Michael Behe, ostrich, PLOS Biology, scientists, syrinx, theropod, trachea, windpipe}

How the Raven Said “Nevermore”

_{Science and Culture
March 27, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Watch how easy it is to tell a Darwinian story. If something exists and looks advantageous, it evolved. Read More ›

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post

Author
Kirk Durston

Date
April 23, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Mathematics
Tagged
, __tedited, bacteria, calculations, constraints, creative power, diversification, gene sequences, genetic drift, genome, infinity, junk DNA, mathematical plausibility, mathematics, mutation rate, natural selection, novel function, population size, probabilities, protein folding, protein sequences, rigor, search capability, stable forms, testability}

Calculating the Maximum Number of Trials Evolution Could Have Performed

_{Kirk Durston
April 23, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Mathematics

4}

Countless people use the following rationale to justify saying there was no need for an intelligent designer behind life. Read More ›

Fossil of the prehistoric bird Archeopteryx

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, Archaeopteryx, body plans, butterflies, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, common descent, Darwin, diversification, evolution, evolutionary biology, extinction, fact check, fossil record, fruit flies, horse evolution, horses, Metamorphosis, microevolution, paleontology, phylogeny, suppressed evidence, tiktaalik, whale evolution, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 23, 2011

Evolution, Paleontology

19}

The fossil record, far from establishing Darwinian theory, only succeeds in hammering one more nail into Darwin's coffin. Read More ›