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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 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

Eocene

butterfly
Photo: Prodryas persephone, fair use and Franz Anthony via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
April 14, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Butterflies

Günter Bechly
April 14, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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This phenomenon could rightfully be called a Tertiary Butterfly Explosion analogous to the Cambrian Explosion of animal phyla. Read More ›
Sirenia
Photo: Pezosiren, Thesupermat via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Günter Bechly
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January 20, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia

Günter Bechly
January 20, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology, Science
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So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario. Read More ›
Afrosoricida
Photo: Diamantochloris inconcessus, Eocene, Namibia, combined after Pickford 2018 figs. 1 and 3, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
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January 6, 2023
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Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

Günter Bechly
January 6, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology, Science
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Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›
Macroscelidea
Photo: <I>Namasengi mockeae</I>, mandible, Eocene, Namibia, from fig. 11 in Senut & Pickford 2021, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
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December 30, 2022
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Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea

Günter Bechly
December 30, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology, Science
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Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›
Purgatorius
Photo: High resolution CT scans of fossilized teeth and jaw bones of Purgatorius mckeeveri material from UCMP, Gregory Wilson Mantilla / Stephen Chester, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
Date
December 9, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

Günter Bechly
December 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›
Darwinius
Photo: Darwinius marsillae, Franzen et al. 2009, via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Günter Bechly
Date
September 23, 2022
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Darwinius, or How Wishful Thinking Makes a Missing Link

Günter Bechly
September 23, 2022
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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The media campaign lead to headlines that were not content with calling the fossil a missing link but simply “THE link” or “the eighth wonder of the world.” Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by James L. Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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April 14, 2021
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Evolution
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Ten Reasons Why Birds Are Not Living Dinosaurs

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
April 14, 2021
Evolution, Genetics
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Natural selection can explain “the survival of the fittest but not the arrival of the fittest.” Read More ›

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