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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 10, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, birds, Brazil, dinosaurs, evolution, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genetic information, intelligent design, Lower Cretaceous, mutations, natural selection, random mutations, theropod, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: A Waiting Time Problem for Feathers

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March 10, 2023

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Wherever you look in the history of life you stumble upon overwhelming evidence for design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Paleontology
Physics
Tagged
, Australia, Bavaria, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genus, Germany, hard science, magic wand, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, species, Stuttgart, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

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March 3, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Paleontology, Physics

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In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, antennae, Brazil, dragonfly, Early Cretaceous, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, larvae, legs}

Fossil Friday: A Strange Dragonfly Larva

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February 24, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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In a monograph in 2007, I suggested that these larvae may not be genuine dragonflies of the suborder Anisoptera. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, dragonflies, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Jurassic, paleontology, predators, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Abrupt Appearance of a Distinct Dragonfly Group

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February 17, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossil is almost complete, only the abdomen is missing and was likely bitten off by a predator. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, cetaceans, Current Biology, Darwinian gradualism, dolphins, Early Eocene, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ichthyosaur, land mammals, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, Nevada, New Scientist, Pakicetus, Science (journal), whales}

New Scientist: Ichthyosaurs Evolved “Astonishingly Rapidly”

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is a case of evolutionary biology trying to explain away the data that otherwise was not directly expected under their model. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Cosmic Habitable Age, developmental biology, evolution, faith, Fazale Rana, foresight, fossil record, galactic habitable zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, Hugh Ross, human origins, intelligent design, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Neo-Darwinism, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, water}

New Open-Access Book from South Africa Explores Intelligent Design and Science-Faith Issues

_{Casey Luskin
February 13, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Psychology

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We’ll feature excerpts here in the future, but for now I’d like to highlight some special features of chapters in the book. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, beavers, China, Cretaceous, Dan Graur, Darwinism, East Asia, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, mammals, mice, molecular clock studies, Mongolia, Nebraska, Paleocene, placental mammals, rabbits, rats, rodents, squirrels, stratigraphy}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents

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February 10, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, Early Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, North America, Pakistan, Paleocene, Paleogene, paleontology, phylogenetics, primates}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Treeshrews (Scandentia) and Colugos (Dermoptera)

_{Günter Bechly
February 3, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Even as a paleontologist I admit that calling this a real scientific discipline seems like an insult to sciences like physics or chemistry or molecular biology. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, Early Eocene, Egypt, elephants, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Morocco, primates, radiations, teeth}

Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea

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January 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Science

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Is this what Darwinism would predict? Of course not! Is it instead what intelligent design theory would predict? Indeed it is. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, common descent, Darwinism, elephants, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, mammals, Paleocene, paleontology, synapomorphies, Washington State, whales}

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 ›