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Casey Luskin on Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Fossil Record

In the realm of education, Luskin addresses the controversy surrounding teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Devonian Nekton Revolution

Such explosions and revolutions dominate the history of life, which was rather a series of abrupt saltations than the gradual change predicted by Darwinism. Read More ›
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“Darwin’s Nightmare”: First Episode of YouTube Series with Lukas Ruegger 

Relatively brief videos have emerged as one of the most dynamic and influential forms of education out there. Read More ›
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Photo: Archaeopteryx, by H. Raab (User: Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Debunked Transitional Fossils Are the Tip of the Iceberg

Darwinian evolution predicts a gradually branching tree of living forms, with one form shading into another over long periods of evolution. Read More ›
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Photo: Archaeopteryx, by H. Raab (User: Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Luskin: The Dead Talk Back to Darwin

The “dreadful beasts, grinning knowingly,” have a message for evolutionists: “no further in this direction!” Read More ›
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New Science Uprising Episode Asks, “Just How Bad Is the Fossil Record for Darwin’s Theory?”

The fossil record is not a good match with Darwinian thinking, but it makes a strong pairing with intelligent design. Read More ›
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Dinosaurs and More: Bechly on the Fossil Record vs. Neo-Darwinism

The evidence includes “explosions,” "jumps," and “revolutions” in the history of life that cannot be explained given the assumption of Darwinian gradualism. Read More ›
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Photo: Kimberella, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

#2 Story of 2020: Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

None of the Cambrian animal phyla is represented in the Ediacaran fossil record. Read More ›

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