Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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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Bruce Gordon
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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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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

Ediacaran Period

rope bridge
Photo credit: Tony Webster, via Flickr (cropped).
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Date
September 22, 2020
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Evolution
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A Bridge Too Far? In Search of Precambrian Sponges

Science & Culture
September 22, 2020
Evolution
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The most celebrated Precambrian sponge may not be a sponge at all. Watch Darwinians try to coax it into spongehood. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Masahiro miyasaka / CC Photo: Kimberella fossil, BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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Günter Bechly
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September 7, 2020
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy

Günter Bechly
September 7, 2020
Evolution, Paleontology
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The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events. Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata
Image: Kimberella quadrata, by MUSE / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Günter Bechly
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September 4, 2020
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Evolution
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Kimberella — A Checkered History

Günter Bechly
September 4, 2020
Evolution
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John Kimber collected the first fossils of this organism and died tragically at age 38 during an expedition in South Australia in 1964. Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata
Photo: Dorsal mold of Kimberella quadrata from the Ediacaran of Russia,
showing the cuticular dorsal shield with tubercular nodes and the tapered oral end; by Aleksey Nagovitsyn: Wikimedia, GNU FDL).
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Günter Bechly
Date
September 3, 2020
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Evolution
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Was Kimberella a Precambrian Mollusk?

Günter Bechly
September 3, 2020
Evolution
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If identified as an animal, it would “predate the Cambrian explosion of bilaterian animal phyla as a kind of ‘advance guard.’” Read More ›
Cloudina
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Günter Bechly
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January 17, 2020
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Evolution
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Did Cloudinids Have the Guts to Be Worms?

Günter Bechly
January 17, 2020
Evolution
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I promised last year to follow up on more alleged Ediacaran animals. Now is a good moment to come back to this, with a new study having just been published in the journal Nature Communications. Read More ›
Yilingia-spiciformis
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October 7, 2019
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Evolution
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Worming Evolution into the Cambrian Explosion

Science & Culture
October 7, 2019
Evolution
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A new fossil worm from the closing days of the Ediacaran is being celebrated as a missing link that demonstrates a gradual Cambrian diversification, not an explosion. Read More ›
Rachel Wood
Cambrian
Photo by Rachel Wood via EurekAlert!
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Date
April 9, 2019
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Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
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Cambrian Explosion Excuses: Theme and Variations

Science & Culture
April 9, 2019
Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design
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It’s circular: “Because evolution innovates things, it will innovate things if given the opportunity.” Read More ›
Hoilungia-hongkongensis
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August 15, 2018
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Evolution
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Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover? 

Science & Culture
August 15, 2018
Evolution
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Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
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May 29, 2018
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Alleged Refutation of the Cambrian Explosion Confirms Abruptness, Vindicates Meyer 

Günter Bechly
May 29, 2018
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The top-down pattern of appearance of animal phyla during the Cambrian explosion represents major conflicting evidence for Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 27, 2018
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Bechly: The “Explosive” Pattern in the Fossil Record, and What It Means

David Klinghoffer
February 27, 2018
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Unlike the more traditional evolutionary view, ID hasn’t assumed the shape of a living fossil from an antique age. Read More ›

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