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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, data, fossils, Germany, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel Prize, paleontologists, paleontology, Politics, Svante Pääbo}

New Nobel Laureate, Svante Pääbo, on the “Politics” of Paleontology and Humans Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›

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Date
September 4, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, books, Charles Darwin, evolution, fantasy, fiction, fossil record, fossils, history, ID the Future, Nickell John Romjue, podcast}

Acquainting Darwin with the Fossil Record

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September 4, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Romjue’s Darwin explores what we’ve learned about the fossil record since Darwin’s time on Earth — and it’s not what he expects. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Charles Darwin, Crato Formation, Cretaceous, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, insects, intelligent design, Lower Cretaceous, Natural History Museum, paleontologists, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, Willi Hennig}

Fossil Friday: Unknown Cicada from the Cretaceous

_{Günter Bechly
July 22, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Only the infusion of new information from outside the system can explain these bursts of biological creativity. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioluminescence, Colombia, convergent evolution, endangered species, evolution, fossils, humpback whale, intelligent design, Live Science, Living Waters, National Geographic, plastic, Science (journal), sea turtles, sex chromosomes, University of Queensland}

Sea Turtles Display Elegant Design Solutions; They’re Also Really Cute

_{David Coppedge
July 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Apart from their being adorable, what many may not realize is that their motion on the sand is also amazingly efficient. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, dinosaurs, DNA, fossilization, fossils, Gizmodo, Jurassic Park, Montana, paleontologists, paleontology, Princeton University, The Guardian}

Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

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July 3, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Bavaria, China, convergence, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Germany, intelligent design, Middle Triassic, Neo-Darwinism, reptiles, turtles, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down

_{Günter Bechly
July 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, antennae, Baltic amber, Darwinism, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, nested hierarchy, phylogenetics, scales}

Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin

_{Günter Bechly
June 24, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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These incongruent or homoplastic characters are a notorious problem for phylogenetics and contradict the evolutionary prediction of a nested hierarchy. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 17, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Crato Formation, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, fish, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, ID the Future, living fossils, Lower Cretaceous, mutations, natural selection, podcast}

Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”

_{Günter Bechly
June 17, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Coelacanths are considered to be "living fossils," which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Germany}

Fossil Friday: Large Constrictor Snake from the Eocene

_{Günter Bechly
June 3, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossils from this locality have to be transferred (re-embedded) into artificial resin to be preserved. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ad hominem, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Crete, Dave Farina, evolution, fossils, geologists, Graecopithecus, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, intelligent design, John Hawks, Lucy, Miocene apes, Neanderthals, paleontologists, Professor Dave, Science Uprising, YouTube videos}

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›