Tag: fossil record

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 2, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, anatomy, Artificial Selection, biblical literalism, Charles Darwin, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, digital code, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, fine-tuning, fossil record, Great Britain, ID the Future, Joseph Hooker, living cells, logic, magic wand, mathematics, Natural History of Creation, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Quarterly Review, religion, Robert Chambers, Samuel Wilberforce, speculations, Stephen Meyer, superstition, Thomas Henry Huxley, universe}

“Into the Jungle of Fanciful Assumption”: Samuel Wilberforce Critiques Darwin

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 2, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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Wilberforce notes, among other things, Darwin’s error in arguing that natural selection operates the same way as artificial selection. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 25, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeology, Darwinian evolution, Emma Pomeroy, fossil record, H. G. Wells, hominins, Homo neanderthalensis, human mind, humans, intelligence, M. Gemma Chacón, National Geographic, Neanderthals, Neanderthals Among Us, Nicholas St. Fleur, paleontology, Peter Sahlins, savages, scapula, Scientific American, shoulder blade, Theodore Roosevelt, University of Cambridge, Venus of Hohle Fels, wooden tools}

Teddy Roosevelt Erred on Those “Thick-Skulled Savages,” the Neanderthals

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 25, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

5}

Just recently, paleontologists have found Neanderthal wooden tools (62-40 kya) preserved in stone. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, Australia, Bauplans, blueprints, body plans, Cladotheria, echidnas, evolution, families, fossil record, geological record, marsupials, Multituberculata, neo-Darwinian evolution, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, platypuses, predictions, Prototheria, punctuated equilibrium, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, Symmetrodonta, Tom S. Kemp, Triconodonta}

From Australia’s Fossil Record, an Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
October 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Historical Sciences

3}

In the present article, the most important result is this: All extant Australian marsupial families are also known from the fossil record. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 18, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adaptation, amoebas, Charles Darwin, Christoph Adami, epigenetics, evolution, evolutionary experiments, evolutionary processes, experiments, fossil record, genes, genetics, heat-resistant variants, mechanisms, mutations, regulatory genes, Reverend William Dallinger, temperatures, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Lessons from Cooked Amoebas: The Dallinger Experiment

_{Winston Ewert
August 18, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

Christoph Adami discusses work by Reverend William Dallinger, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, animal life, bilaterian animals, body plans, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian phyla, Casey Luskin, China, Ediacaran biota, fossil record, fossils, genetic information, geology, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, kelp, marine algae, paleontologists, paleontology, population genetics, preservation, Science (journal), symmetry, waiting times}

At Long Last, Have New Fossil Finds Solved the Cambrian Enigma?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 22, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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New fossil discoveries from China are being hailed as evidence that could reshape our understanding of the origin of complex animal life. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bioRxiv, Bright Angel Shale, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canadian Rockies, chelicerates, China, compound eyes, cosmos, Current Biology, Darwin's Dilemma, Douglas Axe, Ediacaran strata, fossil record, Grand Canyon, Hallucigenia, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design Collection, jellyfish, Jerry Harned, Jonathan Wells, Lad Allen, marine worms, Mark Edward Lewis, mites, Nature (journal), New York Times, olfactory organs, paleontology, Paul Nelson, PNAS, polychaetes, priapulids, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Science Advances, Science and Culture Today, scorpions, South Australia, spiders, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Origin of Species, The Privileged Planet, trilobites, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Utah}

Cambrian Explosion Remains the Gift that Keeps on Giving

_{David Coppedge
June 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These representative papers show that the Cambrian Explosion remains a huge enigma for evolutionists. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 2, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, African elephants, Asian elephants, Bible, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, chimps, classes, computers, creations, Darwinism, designs, evolution, Evolution after Darwin, explosions, fossil record, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, Gorilla gorilla, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, orders, Pan paniscus, phyla, software, species pair problem, theists, TimeTree.org, University of Chicago Press}

Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

_{Granville Sewell
June 2, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, bottleneck, chatbots, fossil record, Grok, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, humanity, John Hawks, paleoanthropology}

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

_{Casey Luskin
May 23, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

6}

People are always welcome to change their views in response to what they feel is convincing new evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin–Madison}

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, ambulacrarian, bilaterians, Brazil, burrows, Cambrian Explosion, ctenophore, Ediacaran biota, fossil record, fossils, Gondwana Research, Günter Bechly, GUT, Joseph Botting, macrofossils, Margaretia, microfossils, National Museum Wales, paleontologists, paleontology, perforations, precambrian fossils, preservation, Science (journal), Science Daily, symmetry, Tamengo Formation, worms}

More Challenges to Ediacaran Animal Fossils

_{Casey Luskin
May 17, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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Joseph Botting is actually very skeptical of the paper’s purported example of an Ediacaran ctenophore, and he believes it is in fact a cnidarian. Read More ›