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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
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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

fossil record

dragonfly 2
Photo: Mesuropetala schaeferi, by Günter Bechly.
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Date
May 22, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Film Festival 2023 — “Günter Bechly Explains What the Fossil Evidence Really Says”

Science & Culture
May 22, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Dr. Bechly answers probing questions of the fossil record and explains how it is not going the way Darwin was expecting. Read More ›
trilobites
Photo: Trilobites, by Kevin Walsh [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
May 19, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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FAQ: The Cambrian Explosion Is Real, and It Is a Problem for Evolution

Casey Luskin
May 19, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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An email correspondent who is friendly to intelligent design (ID) recently wrote us asking how to respond to common objections to ID arguments about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
Sharovipteryx_mirabilis_fossil
Photo: credit: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
May 19, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Flying Reptiles in the Mid Triassic

Günter Bechly
May 19, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Paleontology
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Personally, I am quite sympathetic to the dissenting view of my paleontologist colleague Simon Conway Morris. Read More ›
polar bear
Image Credit: Andrii IURLOV - Adobe Stock
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
May 16, 2023
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Biochemistry
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Natural Selection Subtracts, It Doesn’t Add — And That Matters

Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 16, 2023
Biochemistry, Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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In the wild, all organisms must live within their niche. There are no wild polar bears in Arizona, and no iguanas in Alaska. Read More ›
trilobite
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Jonathan Wells
Date
May 10, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

Jonathan Wells
May 10, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Paleontology
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The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
tullymonster
Photo credit: U.S. Department of Energy from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
May 5, 2023
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Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Stubborn Mystery of the Tully Monster

Günter Bechly
May 5, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
4
How much confidence should we really place in dubious fossil evidence when it is boldly claimed to prove Darwinian evolution as a fact? Read More ›
Plesioplatecarpus planifroms
Photo: <I>Plesioplatecarpus planifroms</I>, MCDinosaurhunter via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
April 28, 2023
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Evolution
Mathematics
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Mosasaurs in the Cretaceous

Günter Bechly
April 28, 2023
Evolution, Mathematics, Paleontology
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The math of population genetics precludes a Darwinian origin of these new genes in such a short time. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
April 21, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Complex Eyes in Trilobites

Günter Bechly
April 21, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
4
The theory has been made immune to empirical falsification because it is simply assumed to be true by default as the only viable option for materialists. Read More ›
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
3
This phenomenon could rightfully be called a Tertiary Butterfly Explosion analogous to the Cambrian Explosion of animal phyla. Read More ›
Psephoderma
Photo: Psephoderma, modified after Ghedoghedo via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
March 31, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Triassic Explosion of Marine Reptiles

Günter Bechly
March 31, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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It is not like we Darwin critics make this stuff up. We just look at all the evidence and draw our conclusions. Read More ›

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