Tag: Gabon

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Abderrazak El Albani, agglutinated protists, Eukaryota, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francevillian Formation, Gabon, Gabonionta, Lake Michigan, Metazoa, morphology, Natural History Museum, nutrients, phosphates, precambrian fossils, protists, Vienna, word salad}

Fossil Friday: Update on the Dubious Nature of the Precambrian Gabonionta

_{Günter Bechly
September 20, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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What we definitely do not find here is any credible evidence for an evolutionary transition to genuine multicellular eukaryotes. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Abderrazak El Albani, Adolf Seilacher, agglutinated protists, Austria, Eukaryota, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francevillian Formation, Gabon, Gabonionta, Lake Michigan, Metazoa, multicellular organisms, Natural History Museum of Vienna, paleontology, rocks, taxonomy, University of Poitiers, West Africa}

Fossil Friday: How an Austrian Scientist Concocted a New Domain of Life called Gabonionta

_{Günter Bechly
June 2, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Is there any other evidence that this sensational discovery was nothing but hype? Sure there is. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 26, 2022

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, antibiotics, cats, chimpanzees, corals, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, Gabon, grass, health, medicine, pain, parasites, stomach, University of Zurich, West Africa}

These Animals Know How to Self-Medicate

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2022

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 16, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Africa, Biomimetics, earth, explanatory filter, Gabon, geologists, geysers, intelligent design, No Free Lunch, Oklo, Old Faithful, oxygen, physicists, solar system, specified complexity, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Natural and Artificial Nuclear Reactors: Evidence of Purpose in Energy Production?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 16, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

9}

In 1972 French physicists discovered that natural nuclear fission reactors were in operation about two billion years ago in Oklo, Gabon in Africa. Read More ›

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Date
February 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Abderrazak El Albani, Astrobiology Magazine, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran era, Gabon, Mary Droser, microbial mats, NASA, On the Origin of Species, oxygen theory, Philip Donoghue, Spriggina, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Riverside, University of Bristol, University of California, University of Poitiers, West Africa}

Cambrian Explosion Blues

_{Science and Culture
February 2, 2018

Evolution

6}

Here’s a sampling of the latest speculations about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, dragonflies, evolution, functional coherence, Gabon, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, Oklo reaction, Scientific American, smartphone, Undeniable (book)}

The Unmistakable Imprint of Purpose — Response to a Theistic Evolutionist

_{Douglas Axe
September 15, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

7}

We instantly spot the fruits of fertile imaginations by spotting their characteristic functional coherence. Dragonflies. Smartphones. Nuclear power plants. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 21, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, adjustable wrench, evolution, functional coherence, Gabon, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, Martin Nowak, Oklo, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

A “Natural” Adjustable Wrench? More Conversations with a Theistic Evolutionist

_{Douglas Axe
July 21, 2017

Intelligent Design

7}

Somehow, without any calculation at all, we’re all certain that geological processes can’t make a wrench. Read More ›