Tag: fossil record

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BBC, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, fossil record, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo longi, Homo sapiens, homoplasy, human origins, intelligent design, Live Science, London, Middle Pleistocene, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Science (journal), skulls, Yunxian skulls}

Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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How many times have we been told that some new paleoanthropological find is “rewriting the story of human evolution”? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal butchery, Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, computer vision, fossil record, holotype, hominids, Homo (genus), Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human origins, humans, hunting, IFL Science, leopards, meat eating, morphological traits, Olduvai Gorge, predator–prey relationship, Rice University, stone-tool making, taphonomy}

Not a “Turning Point”: Study Finds Homo habilis Was Hunted as Prey

_{Casey Luskin
September 26, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The proposals of this study are very consistent with what we have long argued here. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, bird groups, Casey Luskin, co-option, Darwinian predictions, evolutionary timeline, flowering plants, fossil record, God of the gaps, hand bones, Homo (genus), humans, ID the Future, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jacob Vasquez, junk DNA, knuckle-walkers, land plants, Lucy (fossil), mammals, naturalism, naturalism in the gaps, pelvis, scientific knowledge, tree branches, type III secretion system}

Casey Luskin Answers Common Objections to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Dr. Luskin highlights a “large unbridged gap” in the fossil record between ape-like species like Lucy and human-like species. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Westad

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Science Education
Tagged
, academic excellence, biology, Cambrian Explosion, chemistry, college, Discovery Institute Academy, DNA, education, enzyme reactions, exams, Florida, fossil record, homeschooling, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Irreducible Complexity, kitchen table, quizzes, readings, registration, science courses, students, syllabus, teachers, titration, videos, Washington State, Zoom}

Rigorous and Design‑Focused: Discovery Institute’s Homeschool High-School Science Courses

_{Brian Westad
July 16, 2025

Biology, Chemistry, Science Education

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Give your high‑schooler a course that sparks curiosity today and prepares them for the science of tomorrow. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, atheism, biosphere, Casey Luskin, evolution, explosions, fossil record, Homo (genus), ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Live Life in Motion, podcast, Sam Kleckley, schools, scientific community, The Daily Wire, unguided evolution}

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

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 27, 2025

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albuquerque, Cambrian Explosion, Center for Science and Culture, DNA, Energy, enzymes, evolution, fossil record, genes, information, initial conditions, intelligent design, junk DNA, life, matter, mutations, natural selection, non-coding DNA, overlapping codes, physical constants, proteins, space-time, spliceosome, universe, University of New Mexico, video}

Michael Kent: “12 Discoveries That Have Changed the Debate about Design”

_{Granville Sewell
February 27, 2025

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Michael Kent is a Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and a recently retired bio-scientist from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Crossway, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, death, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, paleontologists, podcast, Stephen Meyer, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We were shocked and grieved to learn of the death of our friend and colleague Günter Bechly last week. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, England, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germans, Germany, Günter Bechly, human origins, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, intimidation, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, Pacific Ocean, paleontology, Paul Nelson, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), Richard Sternberg, State Museum of Natural History, Stephen Meyer, Stuttgart, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Farewell to Günter Bechly

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. 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
December 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, China, Darwinian theory, evolution, fleas, forewings, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, holometabolan insects, insects, intelligent design, Middle Jurassic, mouthparts, parasites, pincers, pterosaurs, wings}

Fossil Friday: Nakridletia — The Rise and Fall (and Possible Resurrection) of a Fossil Insect Order

_{Günter Bechly
December 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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So, were strashilids a distinct order of parasitic insects or just aquatic flies? Read More ›