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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 ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 13, 2023

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, __testing, Afrotheria, East Africa, Egypt, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, George Gaylord Simpson, Paleogene, phylogenetics, Tanzania}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Hyraxes and the Abrupt Origin of Hyracoidea

_{Günter Bechly
January 13, 2023

Paleontology, Science

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Of course, it is only we “nitpicking” intelligent design proponents who point out such incongruences. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, Darwinism, Eocene, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

_{Günter Bechly
January 6, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, Afrotheria, Belgium, Egypt, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, living fossils, Madagascar, mammals, Namibia, Paleogene, Pleistocene}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea

_{Günter Bechly
December 30, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Illustra Media, intelligent design, jaws, Living Waters, Miocene, paleontology, Pliocene, sea floor, sediments, sharks, South Carolina, teeth, vertebrates, whales}

#6 Story of 2022: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks

_{Günter Bechly
December 27, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 23, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, ants, Darwinists, Egypt, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Kenya, living fossils, mammals, Miocene, paleontology, placental mammals, Pleistocene, termites}

Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata

_{Günter Bechly
December 23, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 6, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, cells, chatbot, ChatGPT, complexity, creationism, ELIZA program, evolution, fossil record, genes, genetic code, genetic data, intelligent design, Joseph Weizenbaum, natural selection, natural world, OpenAI, proteins, scientists}

Dialogue with ChatGPT on Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
December 6, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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ChatGPT is a context-dependent natural language generator that tries to respond relevantly to textual prompts from human users to simulate conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amniotes, bryozoans, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, Cloudina, common descent, creationism, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, dependency graph, dinosaurs, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, genes, intelligent design, Nature Communications, New Scientist, SETI, Stephen Meyer, turtles, Winston Ewert}

Dave Farina Criticizes Intelligent Design but Doesn’t Understand It

_{Günter Bechly
December 5, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Boom! There goes the “exquisitely documented” evolution of turtles. Sorry, Professor Dave. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, phylum, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers}

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
November 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australopithecines, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, common descent, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, intelligent design, John Hawks, land mammals, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science teachers, Stephen Meyer, transitional fossils, YouTubers}

Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Read More ›